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Area > Comparative slightly larger than California
Area > Land	410,934 sq km		[57th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	449,964 sq km		[60th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Stockholm - 703,627
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	65.9%		[13th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	62 00 N, 15 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	5.93%		[142nd of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Stockholm
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	1,545,000		[65th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Stockholm - 703,627
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Europe
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	21.69 people per sqkm		[180th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	21.99 people/m²		[161st of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	539 mm		[67th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	450,290 km²		[54th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Kebnekaise
Source: World Development Indicators database

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