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Country
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Sweden |
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Leader
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Prime minister: Kenny Anthony
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Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
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Population
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162,781
| 9,119,423
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Life Expectancy
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77.220 years
| 81.280 years
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Capital City
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| Stockholm
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Largest city
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| Bisee (population: 12,980) | Stockholm (population: 1,253,310) |
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Human Development Index
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0.821
| 0.958
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| GDP per capita |
| $41,700 US
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Literacy Rate
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90.1%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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7.1
| 9.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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17.2%
| 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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Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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parliamentary 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 |
Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)
| Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
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| Languages |
English (official), French patois
| 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 |
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
| Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
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| Area |
616 km sq
| 450,295 km sq
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| Coastline |
158 km
| 3,218 km
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| Climate |
tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August
| temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
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