Sweden

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  • Country

Key facts:
  • Country Long: Kingdom of Sweden
  • Currency: Swedish krona
  • Capital City: Stockholm
  • Region: Northern Europe
  • Continent: Europe
  • Demonym: Swedish
  • Latitude: 62°0′N
  • Longitude: 15°0′E
  • Agricultural Land: 30,029.10
  • Forest Area: 279,800 m²
  • Land Area: 407,284 m²
  • Rural Land: 411,134.00
  • Urban Land: 4,064.23
  • Central Government Debt Pct Gdp: 40.66%
  • Expense Pct Gdp: 32.99%
  • Gdp: 585,939,000,000.00
  • Inflation: 8.37
  • Self Employed Pct: 10.53%
  • Tax Revenue Pct Gdp: 27.34%
  • Unemployment Pct: 7.36%
  • Vulnerable Employment Pct: 7.04%
  • Electricity Access Pct: 100.00%
  • Alternative Nuclear Energy Pct: 43.24%
  • Electricty Production Coal Pct: 0.67%
  • Electricty Production Hydroelectric Pct: 46.51%
  • Electricty Production Gas Pct: 0.26%
  • Electricty Production Nuclear Pct: 34.74%
  • Electricty Production Oil Pct: 0.16%
  • Electricty Production Renewable Pct: 16.75%
  • Energy Imports Pct: 24.65%
  • Fossil Energy Consumption Pct: 25.12%
  • Renewable Energy Consumption Pct: 58.40%
  • Co2 Emissions: 33,576.10
  • Methane Emissions: 4,792.09
  • Nitrous Oxide Emissions: 6,381.07
  • Greenhouse Other Emissions: -4,904.42
  • Urban Population Under 5M: 3.40
  • Health Expenditure Pct Gdp: 11.28%
  • Health Expenditure Capita: 6,914.91
  • Hospital Beds: 2.14
  • Suicide Rate: 14.70
  • Armed Forces: 15,000.00
  • Military Expenditure Pct Gdp: 1.31%
  • Birth Rate: 11.00
  • Death Rate: 8.80
  • Fertility Rate: 1.67
  • Internet Pct: 95.01%
  • Life Expectancy: 83.00
  • Net Migration: 80,097
  • Population Female: 5,201,777
  • Population Male: 5,285,164
  • Population: 10,486,941
  • Women Parliament Seats Pct: 46.42%
  • Rural Population: 1,206,837
  • Urban Population: 9,280,104
  • Press: 9.41
  • Democracy Score: 9.39
  • Democracy Type: Full democracy
  • Median Age: 35.60
  • Political Leader: Stefan Löfven (Prime Minister)

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Population

The country has a total population of 10,486,941 (0.13% of worldwide)

The average net migration is 80,097 (0.8% of pop)

The population density is around 26 ppl/km²

Population distribution

The total population is 10,486,941

The male share is 50.4% and female 49.6%

The urban population represent 88.5% and rural 11.5%

The median age is 35.6

Age distribution:

Age group Pop Share
0 586,560 5.59%
5 626,168 5.97%
10 632,951 6.04%
15 605,764 5.78%
20 583,956 5.57%
25 679,241 6.48%
30 772,690 7.37%
35 683,359 6.52%
40 641,739 6.12%
45 654,886 6.24%
50 659,546 6.29%
55 668,264 6.37%
60 568,315 5.42%
65 538,952 5.14%
70 528,117 5.04%
75 487,565 4.65%
80 568,868 5.42%
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Location

Sweden is located in Northern Europe, Europe

The total country area is 407,284 km² (0.32% of worldwide)

Stockholm is the capital

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Cities

There are 106 cities in Sweden in our database, they represent 50.41% of the population of the country altogether

City Population
Stockholm 1,253,309
Göteborg 515,253
Malmö 261,549
Uppsala 127,734
Uppsala 127,734
Västerås 107,194
Örebro 98,573
Linköping 96,732
Helsingborg 91,025
Jönköping 83,202
Norrköping 82,903
Lund 76,263
Umeå 74,005
Gävle 68,635
Borås 63,223
Södertälje 59,977
Solna 59,098
Eskilstuna 59,016
Täby 58,123
Karlstad 57,779
Halmstad 55,658
Växjö 53,607
Sundsvall 48,463
Luleå 45,551
Trollhättan 44,522
Östersund 42,940
Borlänge 38,757
Upplands-Väsby 36,535
Tumba 35,780
Falun 35,385
Kalmar 34,745
Skövde 32,639
Karlskrona 32,309
Kristianstad 32,188
Lidingö 30,930
Skellefteå 30,839
Uddevalla 30,283
Motala 29,715
Landskrona 27,889
Örnsköldsvik 27,749
Nyköping 27,582
Karlskoga 26,949
Åkersberga 26,785
Vallentuna 26,733
Varberg 25,816
Trelleborg 25,494
Lidköping 24,586
Märsta 23,194
Alingsås 22,788
Ängelholm 22,385
Sandviken 22,111
Piteå 22,044
Visby 21,970
Vänersborg 21,836
Boo 21,761
Kungälv 21,262
Katrineholm 21,108
Västervik 19,860
Enköping 19,733
Kungsbacka 18,698
Falkenberg 18,407
Boden 18,225
Karlshamn 18,161
Värnamo 17,950
Kiruna 17,806
Ystad 17,266
Hässleholm 17,050
Härnösand 17,016
Kristinehamn 17,000
Norrtälje 16,914
Köping 16,617
Oskarshamn 16,613
Nässjö 15,954
Lerum 15,949
Eslöv 15,898
Falköping 15,054
Mariestad 14,891
Mölnlycke 14,653
Hudiksvall 14,621
Västerhaninge 14,620
Ljungby 14,272
Kinna 14,211
Staffanstorp 14,192
Avesta 14,110
Tranås 13,765
Arvika 13,666
Ludvika 13,638
Nynäshamn 13,616
Bålsta 13,495
Höganäs 13,461
Skoghall 12,845
Kumla 12,756
Strängnäs 12,555
Bollnäs 12,145
Vetlanda 12,068
Nybro 12,059
Söderhamn 12,022
Sala 12,015
Finspång 11,989
Ronneby 11,618
Mjölby 11,560
Lindome 10,942
Oxelösund 10,690
Skara 10,608
Fagersta 10,432
Timrå 10,168

UNESCO sites

There are 15 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Sweden:

List of sites

Politics

Sweden democracy type is: Full democracy

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is the political leader of the country

Democracy forecast: there is a risk for more control on the Press

Parity forecast: at this rate of evolution, parity will be reached in 2044

GDP Evolution

The country GDP is 0.59% of worldwide

The GDP per capita is $55,873.2 and the GDP per km² is $1,438,649.69

Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2)

Latest: 33,576 kt CO2 / yr (0.1% of worlwide)

Artists

There are 201 artists in our database for Sweden:

Here are 100 of the most prolific ones:

Artist Born Dead
Erik Jönssen Dahlberg 1625 1703
Claes Oldenburg 1929 2022
Johannes Jaeger 1832 1908
Hilma af Klint 1944
Erik Gunnar Asplund 1885 1940
Gösta Florman 1831 1900
Peter Freudenthal 1938
Birgit Skiöld 1923 1982
Axel Lindahl 1841 1906
Sven-Eric Juhlin 1940
Anders Leonard Zorn 1860 1920
Waldemar Dahllöf 1844
Knut Ekwall 1843 1912
Axel Rydin 1837 1912
Maria Benktzon 1946
Arvid Karlsteen 1647 1718
Gustav Alfred Johannes Dahllöf 1841 1908
Christer Strömholm 1918 2002
Christian Forssell 1777 1852
Johan Eric Rehn 1717 1793
Joakim Eneroth 1969
Georg Desmarées 1697 1776
Carl Sandels 1845 1919
Alexander Roslin 1718 1793
Maria Tesch 1850 1936
Hedvig Rosendahl 1867 1929
Jockum Nordström 1963
Jan Forsberg 1932
C.J. Malmberg 1824 1895
Max Walter Svanberg 1912
Bengt af Klintberg 1938
Bruno Mathsson 1907 1988
Mamma Andersson 1962
Hans Hysing 1678 1753
Bengt Richter 1670 1735
Martin (II) Mytens 1695 1770
Hans Hammarskiold 1925 2012
Henri Ostis 1826 1914
Lennart Olson 1925 2010
Klara Liden 1979
Erik Wallenberg 1915 1999
George Ygfors 1926
Reed Kram 1971
Olle Baertling 1911 1981
Sven Markelius 1889 1972
Bertha Valerius 1824 1895
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd 1934
Ruben Rausing 1895 1983
Stig Lindberg 1916 1982
John Melin 1921
Astrid Sampe 1909 2002
Hugo Salmson 1843 1894
Lars Tunbjörk 1956 2015
Nybro, Sweden
Rosalie Sophie Sjöman 1833 1919
Anders Osterlin 1926
Josef Frank 1885 1967
Fredrik Akrel 1748 1804
Carl Milles 1875 1955
Augusta Zetterling 1840 1898
Nathalie Djurberg 1978
Håkan Bergkvist 1946
Sven Palmqvist 1906 1984
Frans G. Klemming 1859 1922
Torsten Billman 1909 1989
Bengt Böckman 1936
Hagbard Elis Bergh 1881 1954
Eric H. Olson 1909 1986
Olof Johan Södermark 1790 1848
Torun Bülow-Hübe 1929
Göran Åslin 1940
Carl-Harry Stålhane 1920 1990
Anders Petersen 1944
Selma Jacobsson 1841 1899
Gunnar Cyrén 1931
Johanna Billing 1973
Alfred Johan Vougt 1835 1900
David (I) Richter 1662 1735
Louise Lefren 1859 1935
Aron Jonason 1838 1914
Karl Johan Lindström 1801 1849
Sigurd Persson 1914
Sigurd Lewerentz
Lorenz II Pasch 1733 1805
Sophie Tottie 1964
Evert Lundquist 1904 1994
Berndt Klyvare
Anders Zorn
Tore Ulander 1868 1940
Bengt Bolin 1933 1966
Per Estenberg 1772 1848
Wictor B. Boije 1880 1971
August Hagborg 1852 1921
Hans Berg 1978
Ada Hagberg 1857 1941
Axel Jakob Salmson 1807 1876
Arne Arnbom 1922 1975
Vilhelm Blomquist 1919 1992
Kaleb Torin 1873 1940
Oscar Rylander 1866 1951

COVID-19 Situation

Latest total reported figures for Sweden

09-Mar Last 7 days vs last week Total
Cases 804 804 13.56% 2,699,339
Deaths 46 46 -33.33% 23,777
Case Fatality 5.72% 5.72% -41.33% 0.88%

Reported Covid-19 deaths, Sweden

There have been a total of 23,777 deaths related to COVID-19 in Sweden, 46 yesterday and 46 in the last 7 days (-33.33%)

The chart below shows a rolling 7-day average, and includes all corrections made by countries in the past

Reported Covid-19 cases, Sweden

There have been a total 2,699,339 cases related to COVID-19 in Sweden, 804 yesterday and 804 in the last 7 days (13.56%)

The graph below shows a rolling 7-day average, and includes all corrections made by countries in the past

In literature

There are 524 books about Sweden in our database:

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