Origin of the larger groups |
foreign-born inhabitants |
Finland | 193,000 |
ex-Yugoslavia | 135,000 |
Iraq | 56,000 |
Iran | 52,000 |
Norway | 43,000 |
Poland | 41,000 |
Denmark | 39,000 |
Germany | 39,000 |
Turkey | 32,000 |
Chile | 27,000 |
Lebanon | 20,000 |
United Kingdom | 15,500 |
USA | 14,700 |
Syria | 14,600 |
Hungary | 14,000 |
Somalia | 13,500 |
Romania | 12,000 |
Ethiopia | 11,700 |
India | 11,500 |
Vietnam | 11,200 |
Thailand | 11,200 |
Greece | 10,900 |
Estonia | 10,200 |
Data as of December 2001,
source: Official statistics (http://www.scb.se/indexeng.asp) |
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.)
Population growth rate: 0.02% (2001 est.)
Birth rate: 9.91 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate: 10.61 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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.)
Infant mortality rate: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
79.71 years
male:
77.07 years
female:
82.5 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.53 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.08% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 3,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Swede(s)
adjective:
Swedish
Ethnic groups: indigenous population: Swedes (majority), small Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born (i.e. first-generation) immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
Religions: Lutheran 87% (see Church of Sweden), Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
Languages:
Swedish
note:
small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99% (1979 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
See also: Sweden
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