| Population : |
8,986,400 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 17.5% (male 807,193; female 762,882)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 2,974,107; female 2,886,840)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 668,719; female 886,659) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.18% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
10.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
10.38 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
1.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 80.3 years
male: 78.12 years
female: 82.62 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
3,300 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Swede(s)
adjective: Swedish |
| Ethnic Groups : |
indigenous population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks |
| Religions : |
Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist |
| Languages : |
Swedish
note: small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1979 est.)
male: NA
female: NA |
