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Population:
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8,878,085 (July 2003 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 17.7% (male 804,296; female 763,213)
15-64 years: 65% (male 2,933,183; female 2,835,835)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 654,575; female 886,983) (2003 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 40.1 years
male: 39 years
female: 41.4 years (2002)
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Population growth rate:
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0.01% (2003 est.)
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Birth rate:
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9.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Death rate:
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10.58 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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 (2003 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.42 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 3.86 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.97 years
male: 77.31 years
female: 82.78 years (2003 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.54 children born/woman (2003 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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