Short facts about people of Sweden

Population:

8,875,053 (July 2001 est.)

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 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 Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  99% (1979 est.) male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook