Population 8,876,744 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 18% (male 817,688; female 776,018)
15-64 years: 64.7% (male 2,922,095; female 2,824,770)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 651,120; female 885,053) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate 0.02% (2002 est.)

Birth rate 9.81 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate 10.6 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate 0.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.84 years
female: 82.64 years (2002 est.)
male: 77.19 years

Total fertility rate 1.54 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.08% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 3,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths less than 100 (1999 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
note: 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%

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.