| People | Sweden |
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Population:
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9,045,389 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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23 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 16% (male 745,110/female 703,857)
15-64 years: 65.6% (male 3,008,148/female 2,928,930)
65 years and over: 18.3% (male 729,500/female 929,844) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 41.3 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 42.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.157% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.24 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.74 years
male: 78.49 years
female: 83.13 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.67 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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3,600 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Swede(s)
adjective: Swedish |
Ethnic groups:
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indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks |
Religions:
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Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13% |
Languages:
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Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
People - note:
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void |
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