King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
Population
6,961,049
9,103,788
Life Expectancy
63.170 years
81.180 years
Capital City
Stockholm
Largest city
Lome (population: 749,700)
Stockholm (population: 1,253,310)
Human Development Index
0.479
0.958
GDP per capita
$40,900 US
Literacy Rate
60.9%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7
9.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
11.1%
47%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Abolished
Political System
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
constitutional monarchy
Independence date
6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
Religions
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Languages
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)
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Exports
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
External Debt
$1,016,000,000,000 US
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
1
5
Location
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Area
56,785 km sq
450,295 km sq
Coastline
56 km
3,218 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
