Age structure:
0-14 years:
18% (male 837,358; female 794,774)
15-64 years:
64% (male 2,901,809; female 2,805,138)
65 years and over:
18% (male 648,865; female 885,108) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.02% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 10.01 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 10.62 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 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 (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 3.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
79.58 years
male:
76.95 years
female:
82.37 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.53 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Swede(s)
adjective:
Swedish
Ethnic groups: indigenous population: Swedes and Finnish and Lapp (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%
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