Sweden Facts
- Name: Sweden
(long form) Kingdom of Sweden
(local short form) Sverige - Capital City: Stockholm (847,073 pop.)
(2,054,343 metro) - Sweden Population: 9,119,423 (2013 est.)
- World Populations (all countries)
- Currency: Swedish Krona - (plural) Kronor
(conversion rates)
20 Kronors - Ethnicity: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks
- Holidays
- GDP total: $395.8 billion (2012 est.)
- GDP per capita: $41,700 (2012 est.)
- Land Sizes
- Language: Swedish (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
- Largest Cities: (by population) Stockholm, Goteborg, Malmo, Uppsala, Vasteras
- Name: The origin of the name is generally not agreed upon but may derive from Proto-Germanic Swihoniz meaning "one's own."
- National Day: June 6
- Religion: Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
- Symbols
Sweden's Information

Land Area | 410,335 km2 |
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Water Area | 39,960 km2 |
Total Area | 450,295km2 (#55) |
Population | 9,880,604 (#89) |
Population Density | 24.08/km2 |
Government Type | Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
GDP (PPP) | $498.00 Billion |
GDP Per Capita | $49,700 |
Currency | Krona (SEK) |
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