Sweden: People & Society#
Population | 9,880,604 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish |
Ethnic groups | indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks |
Languages | Swedish (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities |
Religions | Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13% |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.28% (male 878,463/female 829,266) 15-24 years: 11.63% (male 591,495/female 557,229) 25-54 years: 39.38% (male 1,976,752/female 1,914,623) 55-64 years: 11.58% (male 574,175/female 570,424) 65 years and over: 20.12% (male 915,861/female 1,072,316) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 59.3% youth dependency ratio: 27.5% elderly dependency ratio: 31.8% potential support ratio: 3.1% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 41.2 years male: 40.2 years female: 42.2 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.81% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 12 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 5.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | most Swedes live in the south where there the climate is more mild and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found all along the Baltic coast in the east; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated |
Urbanization | urban population: 85.8% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.83% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | STOCKHOLM (capital) 1.486 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.9 (2010 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.1 years male: 80.2 years female: 84.1 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.88 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Health expenditures | 11.9% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 3.93 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
Hospital bed density | 2.7 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.3% of population rural: 99.6% of population total: 99.3% of population unimproved: urban: 0.7% of population rural: 0.4% of population total: 0.7% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.18% (2014 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 100 (2014 est.) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22% (2014) |
Education expenditures | 7.7% of GDP (2013) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 20 years (2014) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 22.9% male: 24.2% female: 21.5% (2014 est.) |