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Country
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Greece | 
Sweden |
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Leader
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President: Karolos Papoulias
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King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
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Population
|
10,767,827
| 9,103,788
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 81.180 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Stockholm
|
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Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Stockholm (population: 1,253,310) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.958
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $40,900 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 9.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 47%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 7.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| constitutional monarchy
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
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| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $1,016,000,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 5
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| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 450,295 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 3,218 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
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