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Kingdom of Sweden
National name: Konungariket Sverige
Sovereign: King Carl XVI Gustaf (1973)
Prime Minister: Göran Persson (1996)
Area: 173,800 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 8,911,296 (average annual rate of natural increase 0.12%); birth rate: 12.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 51
Capital and largest city (1994): Stockholm, 703,627
Largest cities: Göteborg, 444,553; Malmö, 242,706; Uppsala, 181,191
Monetary unit: Krona
Language: Swedish
Ethnicity/race: white, Lapp (Sami), foreign-born or first-generation immigrants 12% (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks)
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 94%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Pentecostal 1%, other 3.5%
Literacy rate: 99%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $175 billion; $19,700 per capita. Real growth rate: 2.9%. Inflation: 2%. Unemployment: 6.3% plus about 5% in training programs (1998 est.). Arable land: 7%. Agriculture: grains, sugar beets, potatoes; meat, milk. Labor force: 4.552 million (1992); community, social, and personal services, 38.3%; mining and manufacturing, 21.2%; commerce, hotels and restaurants, 14.1%; banking and insurance, 9%; communications, 7.2%; construction, 7%; agriculture, fishing, and forestry, 3.2% (1991). Industry: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles. Natural resources: forests, iron ore, hydroelectric power, zinc, uranium. Exports: $85.5 billion (f.o.b., 1998): machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals. Imports: $66.6 billion (f.o.b., 1998): machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, foodstuffs, iron and steel, clothing. Major trading partners: EU, Norway, U.S.
