King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
Micronesia, in the western Pacific, consists of some 600 islands grouped into four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk) and Yap.
Population
9,103,788
106,487
Life Expectancy
81.180 years
71.800 years
Capital City
Stockholm
Largest city
Stockholm (population: 1,253,310)
Weno (population: 17,624)
Human Development Index
0.958
NA
GDP per capita
$40,900 US
Literacy Rate
99%
89%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
47%
NA
Wealthiest Citizens
Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
NA
Political System
constitutional monarchy
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force May 2004
Independence date
6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
Religions
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3%
Languages
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
Exports
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
External Debt
$1,016,000,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
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
1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
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Location
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Area
450,295 km sq
702 km sq
Coastline
3,218 km
6,112 km
Climate
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
