Sweden
16th July 2015
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(source: Eurostat)
9,644,864 inhabitants (1st January 2014)
Crude natural change rate: 2.4‰ (2013)
Crude net migration rate: 6.9‰ (2013)
Life expectancy: men 80.2 years, women 83.8 years (2013)
Ethnic groups: indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born
or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks.
Religions: Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish,
and Buddhist) 13% (The CIA World Factbook)
Economy:
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(source: The CIA World Factbook)
Area: 450,295 km²
Borders: 2,233 km (Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km)
Coastline: 3,218 km
Capital: Stockholm
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Source: Wikipedia
(source: Eurostat)
Currency: Swedish Crown (SEK) (exchange rate on 16th July 2015: 1€ = 9.2787 SEK)
GDP: €430,258 million (2014)
GDP per capita (PPS): €44,400 (2013)
GDP growth: 2.3% (2014)
Unemployment: 7.8% (May 2015)
Inflation: 0.7% (May 2015, monthly inflation rate)
Public deficit: 1.9% of GDP (2014)
Public debt: 43.9% of GDP (2014)
Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: €276,390 million (2012)
Institutions and political situation:
Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
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Head of State: Carl Gustaf XVI since July 15th 1973
Prime Minister: Stefan Löfven, Leader of the Social Democratic Party, since October 3rd 2014.
The parliament is unicameral: the Riksdag (the Chamber of Deputies) is made up of 349 members
elected for four years by direct universal suffrage.
Parliamentary composition after the legislative elections of September 14th 2014:
 113 seats SAP (Swedish Social Democratic Party)
 84 seats M (Moderate Party)
 49 seats SD (Sweden Democrats)
 25 seats MP (Greens)
 22 seats C (Centre Party)
 21 seats Vp (Left Party)
 19 seats FP (Liberal Party)
 16 seats KD (Christian Democrats)
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Female representation: in the government – 12/24, in the Riksdag – 152/349.
The next parliamentary elections will be held in September 2018.