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Country
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Sweden |
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Leader
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President: Joyce Banda
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King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
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Population
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16,323,044
| 9,103,788
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Life Expectancy
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52.310 years
| 81.180 years
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Capital City
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| Stockholm
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Largest city
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| Lilongwe (population: 646,750) | Stockholm (population: 1,253,310) |
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Human Development Index
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0.457
| 0.958
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| GDP per capita |
| $40,900 US
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Literacy Rate
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62.7%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.8
| 9.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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13%
| 47%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 7.500%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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Political System
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multiparty democracy
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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| 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
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| Religions |
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)
| Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
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| Languages |
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
| Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
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| Exports |
| machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
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| External Debt |
| $1,016,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
| Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 5
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| Location |
Southern Africa, east of Zambia
| Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
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| Area |
118,484 km sq
| 450,295 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 3,218 km
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| Climate |
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
| temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
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