Sweden's People | Sweden People

Population: 9,001,774 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.1% (male 791,215/female 747,621) 15-64 years: 65.5% (male 2,990,436/female 2,904,873) 65 years and over: 17.4% (male 677,161/female 890,468) (2005 est.)

Median age: Total: 40.6 years male: 39.49 years female: 41.75 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.17% (2005 est.)

Death rate: 10.36 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio: At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: Total: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 80.4 years male: 78.19 years female: 82.74 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.66 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 3,600 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: Less than 100 (2003 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, small Sami- 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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