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Sweden
Kingdom of Sweden
Quick facts
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Population
- 10.0 m
- Area
- 450,295 km²
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Languages
- Swedish
- Currency
- Swedish krona (kr)
- Demonym
- Swedish
- UN member
- Yes
How Sweden compares
Economy size$604 B
25th of 178 worldwide · 3rd of 10 in Northern Europe
Income per person$57,117
16th of 178 worldwide · 5th of 10 in Northern Europe
Life expectancy84.1 yrs
7th of 179 worldwide · 1st of 10 in Northern Europe
Internet access95.8%
20th of 179 worldwide · 5th of 10 in Northern Europe
Military spending$12 B
25th of 163 worldwide · 2nd of 10 in Northern Europe
Highlights
GDP
$604 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$57,117
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
84.1 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
3.6%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Researchers (per million)
8,911
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Resource rents
1.2%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From Viking traders on the eastern rivers to a Baltic empire, a long neutrality, and at last into NATO.
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