Sweden

Geographic coordinates: 62 00 N, 15 00 E

Area:
total: 449,964 sq km
land: 410,928 sq km
water: 39,036 sq km

Climate: temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north

Natural resources: zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver, timber, uranium, hydropower potential

Population: 8,886,738 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (male 852,520; female 808,600)
15-64 years: 64% (male 2,885,783; female 2,792,964)
65 years and over: 17% (male 653,631; female 893,240) (July 1998 est.)

Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 94%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Pentecostal 1%, other 3.5%

Languages: Swedish
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

National capital: Stockholm

Festival: Midsummer Festival

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