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Population:
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8,986,400 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 17.5% (male 807,193; female 762,882)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 2,974,107; female 2,886,840)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 668,719; female 886,659) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 40.3 years
male: 39.2 years
female: 41.5 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.18% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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10.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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10.38 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 2.93 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.3 years
male: 78.12 years
female: 82.62 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.66 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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3,300 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 100 (2001 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Swede(s)
adjective: Swedish
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Ethnic groups:
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indigenous population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
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Religions:
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Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
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Languages:
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Swedish
note: small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1979 est.)
male: NA
female: NA
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