King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
President: Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema
Population
9,103,788
6,961,049
Life Expectancy
81.180 years
63.170 years
Capital City
Stockholm
Largest city
Stockholm (population: 1,253,310)
Lome (population: 749,700)
Human Development Index
0.958
0.479
GDP per capita
$40,900 US
Literacy Rate
99%
60.9%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3
2.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
47%
11.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished in practice
Political System
constitutional monarchy
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
Independence date
6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
Religions
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
Languages
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
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
1
Location
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana
Area
450,295 km sq
56,785 km sq
Coastline
3,218 km
56 km
Climate
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
