Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of Sweden
Nationality
noun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish
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Area total: 449,964 sq km water: 39,030 sq km land: 410,934 sq km
Population: 9,001,774 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
indigenous population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
Capital: Stockholm
Largest Cities
Malmo Goteburg Helsingborg Uppsala
Official Language
Swedish small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Religion
Lutheran 87% Roman Catholic Orthodox Baptist Muslim Jewish Buddhist
Political system: presidential/parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $255.4 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $28,400 (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 2% industry: 29%
services: 69% (2001)