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GeographyLocation: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,205 km, Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km Coastline: 3,218 km
PeoplePopulation: 8,821,759 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.46% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 13.19 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.84 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 2.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.97 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: 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%, other3.5% (1987) Languages: Swedish
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Stockholm Independence: 6 June 1809 (constitutional monarchy established) Constitution: 1 January 1975
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $163.1 billion National product real growth rate: 2.4% National product per capita: $18,580 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% Unemployment rate: 8.8%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |