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Swedish People

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Population: 9,059,651 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.7% (male 733,597/female 692,194) 15-64 years: 65.5% (male 3,003,358/female 2,927,038) 65 years and over: 18.8% (male 753,293/female 950,171) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 41.5 years male: 40.4 years female: 42.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.158% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 10.24 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.86 years male: 78.59 years female: 83.26 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.67 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 6,200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2007 est.)

Nationality: noun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish

Ethnic groups: indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks

Religions: Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%

Languages: Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)