Kingdom of Sweden

National name: Konungariket Sverige

Sovereign: King Carl XVI Gustaf (1973)

Prime Minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006)

Land area: 158,662 sq mi (410,934 sq km); total area: 173,732 sq mi (449,964 sq km)

Population (2006 est.): 9,016,596 (growth rate: 0.2%); birth rate: 10.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 2.8/1000; life expectancy: 80.5; density per sq mi: 57

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Stockholm, 1,622,300 (metro. area), 1,251,900 (city proper)

Other large cities: Göteborg, 506,600; Malmö, 245,300; Uppsala, 127,300

Monetary unit: Krona

Language: Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Ethnicity/race: indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks

Religions: Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist

Literacy rate: 99% (1979 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2005 est.): $268.3 billion; per capita $29,800. Real growth rate: 2.6%. Inflation: 0.5%. Unemployment: 6%. Arable land: 6%. Agriculture: barley, wheat, sugar beets; meat, milk. Labor force: 4.49 million; agriculture 2%, industry 24%, services 74% (2000 est.). Industries: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles. Natural resources: zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower. Exports: $126.6 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals. Imports: $104.4 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing. Major trading partners: U.S., Germany, Norway, UK, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Belgium (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 6.017 million (Dec. 1998); mobile cellular: 3.835 million (Oct. 1998). Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998). Radios: 8.25 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995). Televisions: 4.6 million (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 29 (2000). Internet users: 6.02 million (2002).

Transportation: Railways: total: 11,481 km (2002). Highways: total: 210,402 km; paved: 166,523 km (including 1,499 km of expressways); unpaved: 45,879 km (2000). Waterways: 2,052 km navigable for small steamers and barges. Ports and harbors: Gavle, Goteborg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Hudiksvall, Kalmar, Karlshamn, Malmo, Solvesborg, Stockholm, Sundsvall. Airports: 245 (2002).

International disputes: none.


 

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