The geographic area of Lapland is 98,984.30 km². It is approximately 30% of Finland’s total geographic area. There is a total of 92,665.72 km² land area and 6,318.58 km² of water area in Lapland.

Rovaniemi is the centre of Lapland’s administration and education. Lapland's other cities are Kemi, Tornio, and Kemijärvi. Lapland has 184,390 residents, of which approximately 7,000 are Samis. The population density is 2.1 residents/km².

There are several different ways to get to Lapland and its accessibility is good. There are six airports in different parts of Lapland (in Kemi, Rovaniemi, Kittilä, Enontekiö, Ivalo, and Kuusamo) and the flight time from Helsinki is approximately 1–1.5 h. Lapland’s area is covered by rivers, rail, and roads. In addition, there is a harbour in Kemi, South-Lapland.

Lapland’s industry: Both nature and high technology are utilised in Lapland’s industries. In addition to energy producers, Lapland has wood refining, steel, mining, and construction industry companies that export globally.

Agriculture is significant everywhere in Lapland, however, it is primarily focused in southern and south-western Lapland, where the environmental conditions are more favourable for agriculture. Northern Lapland mainly focuses on reindeer herding and it is a significant part of Lapland’s rural industries. Forestry is engaged in everywhere in Lapland all the way to the northern pine tree zone's limit.

Tourism and its associated services are strong and rapidly developing industries in Lapland. The region has several companies that require the environment to remain clean and as is. These companies include tourism companies with their services and producers of pure natural foods. Lapland’s nature product industry is growing and expanding. Its natural opportunities are presented by the raw materials obtained from pure nature, the high content of active ingredients in plants, principles of using nature, and the availability of labour. Nature’s raw materials are used, for example, in food, beauty, care products, and adventure product and service production.  

The vitality of Lapland’s rural areas is based on a diverse industry entity and all industries are needed ranging from reindeer herding to forestry and tourism. People live on the terms of nature in Lapland and the different industries bring work and well-being at different times based on the annual cycles.