Population:
8,878,085 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
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.)
Median age:
total: 40.1 years
male: 39 years
female: 41.4 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
0.01% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
9.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
10.58 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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 (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
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
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.97 years
male: 77.31 years
female: 82.78 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.54 children born/woman (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
3,300 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (2001 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%