![Image de la carte du pays](https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/images/banque/largeur-975/suede_small.jpg)
Geography
Area : 450,295 km²
Borders : 2,233 km (Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km)
Coastline : 3,218 km
Capital : Stockholm
Official language : Swedish, Finnish
Flag
![Image Drapeau](https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/images/banque/largeur-640/2023-08-18-17-17-19.8609.jpg)
Population
Population : 10,521,556 inhabitants (2023)
Crude natural change rate : 2,1‰ (2022)
Population repartition: 17.4% under 15 years old, 20.4% over 65 years old (2023)
Foreign residents: EU nationals 3%, non-EU nationals 5.8% (2019)
Crude net migration rate: 3.8‰ (2023)
First time asylum applicants: 17,010 (2023)
Life expectancy: men 81.7 years, women 85 years (2023)
Religions: Church of Sweden (lutheran) 57.6%, others (mostly Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jew, and Buddhist) 8.9%, no religion or unspecified 33.5% (est. 2019)
Ethnic groups: Swedish 80.3%, Syrian 1.9%, Iraqi 1.4%, Finnish 1.4%, others 15% (2020)
Source : Eurostat, The CIA World Factbook
Economy
Currency: Swedish Crown (SEK) (exchange rate in July 2024: 1€ = 11.41 SEK)
GDP: € 540,651.8 million € (2023)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 44,650 (2023)
GDP growth : -0.2% (2023)
Inflation: 2.5% (May 2024)
Public debt: 31.2% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Unemployment: 8.2% (May 2024)
Budget balance: -0.4% (Q3 2023)
Source : Eurostat, OECD
Political system
Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy:
Head of State: Carl Gustaf XVI since 15th July 1973
Prime Minister: Ulf Kristersson (Moderates) since 17th October 2022. Following the victory of the right-wing coalition in the parliamentary elections on 11th September 2022, he leads a government with the Christian Democrats and the Liberals.
The parliament is unicameral: The Riksdag (the Chamber of Deputies) comprises 349 members elected for four years by direct universal suffrage.
Political representation
Parliament composition (after the elections of the 11th September 2022):
- 106 seats SAP (Social Democratic Party)
- 72 seats SD (Sweden Democrats)
- 68 seats M (Moderate Party)
- 24 seats C (Centre Party)
- 24 seats V (Left Party)
- 19 seats KD (Christian Democrats)
- 18 seats MP (Greens)
- 16 seats FP (Liberal Party)
Women's representations
- in the government – 11/24
- in the Riksdag – 151/349
Next Elections:
On The Same Theme
Country Sheet
Country Sheet
Country Sheet
Country Sheet
Country Sheet
![null](https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/images/banque/largeur-640/drapeau-ukraine.jpg)
Country Sheet
![null](https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/images/banque/largeur-640/drapeau-montenegro.jpg)
Country Sheet
![null](https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/images/banque/largeur-640/drapeau-islande.jpg)
Country Sheet
![null](https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/images/banque/largeur-640/2023-08-18-17-17-11.4209.jpg)