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Official name: Kungariket Sverige
Government type: Monarchy
Capital: Stockholm
Area: 449,964 km2
Population: 9,016,596 (2006)
  9,001,774 (2005)
  8,992,200 (2004)
  8,876,700 (2002)
  8,873,000 (2001)
  8,869,000 (2000)
Population, projected by year 2050 8.7 million
Urban population: 83% of total population
Pop. density: 19.7 per km2
Religion: Protestant
Language: Swedish
GDP increase 2.7 % (2005)
  3.6 % (2004)
  1.7 % (2003)
GDP per capita US$ 29,800 (2005)
  US$ 28,400 (2004)
  US$ 26,800 (2003)
  US$ 24,700 (2001)
  US$ 20,700 (1999)
Inflation rate 0.5 % (2005)
  0.7 % (2004)
Unemployment 5.8 % (2005)
  5.6 % (2004)
Currency: 1 Swedish Krona (SEK) = 100 öre