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)

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