| Population: |
8,875,053 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
18.19% (male 828,308; female 786,353)
15-64 years:
64.53% (male 2,911,949; female 2,814,730)
65 years and over:
17.28% (male 649,296; female 884,417) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.02% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
9.91 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
10.61 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.73 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
3.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
79.71 years
male:
77.07 years
female:
82.5 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.08% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
3,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Swede(s)
adjective:
Swedish
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| Ethnic groups: |
indigenous population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
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| Religions: |
Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
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| Languages: |
Swedish
note:
small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99% (1979 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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