Population: 8,564,317 (July 1991), growth rate 0.4% (1991)

Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 3 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 81 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Swede(s); adjective--Swedish

Ethnic divisions: homogeneous white population; small Lappish minority; foreign born or first-generation immigrants (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks) about 12%

Religion: Evangelical Lutheran 94%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Pentecostal 1%, other 3.5% (1987)

Language: Swedish, small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities; immigrants speak native languages

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1979 est.)

Labor force: 4,572,000 (October 1990); government services 37.4%, mining, manufacturing, electricity, and water service 23.1%, private services 22.2%, transportation and communications 7%, construction 6.3%, agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting 3.8%, other 0.2% (1988)

Organized labor: 80% of labor force (1990 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.