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Country
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Sweden |
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Leader
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King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
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President: Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Population
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9,103,788
| 183,176
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Life Expectancy
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81.180 years
| 63.490 years
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Capital City
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Stockholm
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Largest city
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| Stockholm (population: 1,253,310) | Sao Tome (population: 53,300) |
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Human Development Index
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0.958
| 0.643
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| GDP per capita |
$40,900 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 84.9%
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Corruption Perception Index
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9.3
| 2.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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47%
| 1.8%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.500%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy
| republic
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Independence date
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6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
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| Religions |
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
| Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
| Portuguese (official)
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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 $
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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 |
5
| 0
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| Location |
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
| Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
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| Area |
450,295 km sq
| 964 km sq
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| Coastline |
3,218 km
| 209 km
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| Climate |
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
| tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
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