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Europe > Sweden > People

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Age at first marriage for men 32.9 years [1st of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 30.4 years [1st of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.53 Time series [104th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 16.7 % [196th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 17.1 [196th of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 703,857 Time series [109th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 16% Time series [194th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 745,110 Time series [108th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 65.5 [106th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 65.7 % [105th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 2,928,930 Time series [82nd of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 65.6% Time series [106th of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 3,008,148 Time series [81st of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 17.6 % [8th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 929,844 Time series [46th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 18.3% Time series [6th of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 729,500 Time series [45th of 225]
Average size of households 2.1 [17th of 17]
Birth rate 10.15 births/1,000 population Time series [195th of 226]
Chinese population 20,000 [43rd of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 222.173 per 100,000 people [37th of 126]
Couples with children 31% [20th of 23]
Death rate 10.24 deaths/1,000 population Time series [64th of 226]
Disabled persons earning capacity 70% [14th of 14]
Disabled persons employment 69% [5th of 15]
Disbility benefit recipients 8.2% [3rd of 14]
Divorces per 100 marriages 53.9 divorces per 100 marriag [2nd of 20]
Education expenditures 7.1 % of GDP Time series [6th of 55]
Elderly living in institution 9% [2nd of 16]
Elderly living with children 5% [11th of 12]
Ethnic groups
indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
Female population > Age 10-14 281,940 [101st of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.13 [181st of 224]
Female population > Age 100-104 823 [24th of 49]
Female population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.01 [22nd of 49]
Female population > Age 15-19 302,513 [98th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.36 [186th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 263,330 [103rd of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 2.92 [209th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 261,671 [97th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 2.9 [213rd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 285,111 [87th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.16 [161st of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 303,043 [80th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.36 [108th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 321,288 [75th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.56 [76th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 286,304 [75th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.18 [83rd of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 286,559 [63rd of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.18 [57th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 301,403 [60th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.34 [22nd of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 307,020 [48th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 3.41 [2nd of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 227,138 [58th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.52 [23rd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 187,012 [53rd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 2.07 [32nd of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 174,986 [45th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.94 [27th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 151,302 [42nd of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.68 [17th of 224]
Female population > Age 85-89 106,081 [16th of 66]
Female population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.18 [8th of 66]
Female population > Age 90-94 41,984 [17th of 49]
Female population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.47 [3rd of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 9,138 [19th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.1 [13th of 49]
Gender development 0.936 [5th of 141]
Gender development index 0.943 [2nd of 17]
Gender empowerment 0.824 [3rd of 65]
Gender empowerment measure 0.824 [2nd of 17]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Stockholm
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
12,000 – 15,000 (est.) (Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: ) – 20,000 (est.)
Home ownership 60% [10th of 14]
Households with more than 5 people 5% [15th of 16]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > % Jewish 0.2 % [20th of 97]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > Estimated number of Jews 18,003 [27th of 102]
Jewish population > Largest Jewish populations > Top 50 countries by Jewish population > Jews 18,003 [27th of 50]
Lone parent families 3% [23rd of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 296,660 [102nd of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.29 [182nd of 224]
Male population > Age 100-104 65 [36th of 49]
Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0 [12th of 49]
Male population > Age 15-19 319,503 [97th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.54 [185th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 275,466 [101st of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.06 [205th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 269,326 [98th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 2.99 [215th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 295,409 [86th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.28 [165th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 311,757 [80th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.46 [109th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 334,699 [73rd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.71 [62nd of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 293,933 [72nd of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.26 [82nd of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 291,263 [62nd of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.23 [53rd of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 302,134 [55th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.35 [20th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 308,438 [43rd of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 3.42 [1st of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 219,551 [52nd of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.43 [10th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 165,076 [46th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.83 [15th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 134,970 [43rd of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.5 [9th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 100,811 [42nd of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.12 [8th of 224]
Male population > Age 85-89 54,051 [16th of 66]
Male population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.6 [9th of 66]
Male population > Age 90-94 13,651 [19th of 49]
Male population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.15 [5th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 1,581 [25th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.02 [21st of 49]
Marriage rate 4.7 [28th of 27]
Median age > Female 42.4 years Time series [17th of 224]
Median age > Male 40.2 years Time series [12th of 224]
Median age > Total 41.3 years Time series [13th of 224]
Nationality > Adjective Swedish Time series
Nationality > Noun Swede(s) Time series
Nobel prize laureates 30 [5th of 44]
    Nobel prize laureates (per capita) 3.33259 per 1 million people [2nd of 44]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 112 yr 150 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 30 June 1889
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 27 November 2001
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Elsa Moberg
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 24 [4th of 22]
Percentage living in rural areas. 17% [159th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 83% [40th of 199]
Persons per room 0.5 [60th of 60]
Population 9,045,389 Time series [88th of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 9,045,389 Time series [88th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 17.49 % Time series [156th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 65.3 % Time series [80th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 17.22 % Time series [6th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.36 annual % Time series [157th of 195]
Population growth rate 0.157% Time series [186th of 235]
Population in 2015 9,315 [89th of 225]
Population in largest city 1,708,323 Time series [71st of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.189 per capita Time series [40th of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 22.48 % Time series [78th of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 1,708,323 Time series [73rd of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.189 per capita Time series [58th of 106]
Population, female > % of total 50.4 % Time series [92nd of 190]
Projected population growth 7.37% [105th of 141]
Righteous Among the Nations > Count 10 [30th of 43]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 29 Jun 1990
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 26 Jan 1990
Romanian diaspora > Romanian Population 13,000
Rural population 1,425,798 Time series [118th of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.158 per capita Time series [168th of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % 0.1 annual % Time series [117th of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.03 [59th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1.03 male(s)/female Time series [48th of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.78 male(s)/female Time series [104th of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.06 male(s)/female Time series [29th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1.03 [63rd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.06 [28th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.77 [111st of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.98 [115th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.06 [33rd of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 0.98 male(s)/female Time series [118th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.06 male(s)/female Time series [26th of 224]
Size of houses 23% [16th of 18]
Teenage birth rate 6.5 [24th of 28]
Total fertility rate 1.67 children born/woman Time series [171st of 225]
Total Population 9,016,596 [85th of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 578,600 [102nd of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.42 [182nd of 224]
Total population > Age 100-104 888 [26th of 49]
Total population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.01 [26th of 49]
Total population > Age 15-19 622,016 [99th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 6.9 [185th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 538,796 [101st of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 5.98 [208th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 530,997 [98th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 5.89 [216th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 580,520 [87th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 6.44 [163rd of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 614,800 [79th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 6.82 [109th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 655,987 [74th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 7.28 [71st of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 580,237 [73rd of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 6.44 [86th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 577,822 [63rd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 6.41 [58th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 603,537 [58th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 6.69 [19th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 615,458 [46th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 6.83 [1st of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 446,689 [55th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 4.95 [15th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 352,088 [50th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 3.9 [23rd of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 309,956 [44th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 3.44 [18th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 252,113 [41st of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 2.8 [9th of 224]
Total population > Age 85-89 160,132 [17th of 66]
Total population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.78 [9th of 66]
Total population > Age 90-94 55,635 [16th of 49]
Total population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.62 [3rd of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 10,719 [21st of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.12 [17th of 49]
Total Population > Female 4,549,479 [84th of 227]
Total Population > Male 4,467,117 [85th of 227]
Urban population 7,598,242 Time series [57th of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.842 per capita Time series [28th of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 0.4 annual % Time series [165th of 195]
Urbanization 83 [35th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 82.7% [12th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 84.2% [29th of 164]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 78 [11th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 106 [95th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 5 [146th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 2 [167th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 100 [8th of 172]

SOURCES: 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table SS5.1; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table EQ6; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse, 'The Economic Well-Being of Older People in International Perspective: A Critical Review' (LIS Working Paper 306, June 2002), p. 7; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); UNDP, Human Development Report 2002 (Oxford University Press, NY, 2002); see p. 35; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; Economist, 30 March 2002, and Euromonitor; Wikipedia: Jewish population ; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Wikipedia: Righteous Among the Nations ; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Romanian diaspora ; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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24th February 2005 		Hi Farren, check out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Sweden.
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