King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
President: Iolu Abil Prime minister : Sato Kilman
Population
9,103,788
256,155
Life Expectancy
81.180 years
65.060 years
Capital City
Stockholm
Largest city
Stockholm (population: 1,253,310)
Port-Vila (population: 35,901)
Human Development Index
0.958
0.686
GDP per capita
$40,900 US
Literacy Rate
99%
74%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3
2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
47%
3.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
constitutional monarchy
parliamentary republic
Independence date
6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
Religions
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Presbyterian 31.4%, Anglican 13.4%, Roman Catholic 13.1%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, other Christian 13.8%, indigenous beliefs 5.6% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 9.6%, none 1%, unspecified 1.3% (1999 Census)
Languages
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
local languages (more than 100) 72.6%, pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) 23.1%, English 1.9%, French 1.4%, other 0.3%, unspecified 0.7% (1999 Census)
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
0
Location
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia
Area
450,295 km sq
12,189 km sq
Coastline
3,218 km
2,528 km
Climate
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affected by cyclones from December to April
