Sweden
Europe · Capital: Stockholm · Population: 8,900,954
Country profile
Key facts
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Population
- 8,900,954
- Area
- 449,964
- Government
- constitutional monarchy
- Population growth
- 0.56%
- Infant mortality
- 4.5
Overview
Open on world map →- Country code
- S
- Capital province
- Stockholm
- Independence
- —
- GDP
- 177,300
- Agriculture
- 2
- Industry
- 71
- Services
- 27
- Inflation
- 2.6
Economic and demographic values are reproduced from the legacy WorldMaps dataset.
Provinces & states
All in Sweden →| Name | Capital | Population | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvsborg | Vanersborg | 444,259 | 11,395 |
| Blekinge | Karlskrona | 151,168 | 2,941 |
| Gavleborg | Gavle | 289,339 | 18,191 |
| Goteborg och Bohus | Goteborg | 742,550 | 5,141 |
| Gotland | Visby | 57,383 | 3,140 |
| Halland | Halmstad | 257,874 | 5,454 |
| Jamtland | Ostersund | 136,009 | 49,443 |
| Jonkoping | Jonkoping | 309,738 | 9,944 |
| Kalmar | Kalmar | 241,883 | 11,170 |
| Kopparberg | Falun | 290,388 | 28,194 |
| Kristianstad | Kristianstad | 291,468 | 6,087 |
| Kronoberg | Vaxjo | 178,612 | 8,458 |
| Malmohus | Malmo | 786,757 | 4,938 |
| Norrbotten | Lulea | 264,834 | 98,913 |
| Orebro | Orebro | 273,608 | 8,519 |
| Ostergotland | Linkoping | 406,100 | 10,562 |
| Skaraborg | Mariestad | 278,162 | 7,937 |
| Sodermanland | Nykoping | 256,818 | 6,060 |
| Stockholm | Stockholm | 1,654,511 | 6,488 |
| Uppsala | Uppsala | 273,918 | 6,989 |
| Varmland | Karlstad | 284,187 | 17,584 |
| Vasterbotten | Umea | 253,835 | 55,401 |
| Vasternorrland | Harnosand | 261,280 | 21,678 |
| Vastmanland | Vasteras | 259,438 | 6,302 |
Cities
All cities →| City | Province | Population | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | Stockholm | 711,119 | 59.35, 18.07 |
| Goteborg | Goteborg och Bohus | 449,189 | 57.40, 12.00 |
| Malmo | Malmohus | 245,699 | 55.30, 13.00 |
| Uppsala | Uppsala | 183,472 | 59.50, 17.40 |
| Linkoping | Ostergotland | 131,370 | 58.30, 15.30 |
| Norrkoping | Ostergotland | 123,795 | — |
| Vasteras | Vastmanland | 123,728 | 59.40, 16.30 |
| Orebro | Orebro | 119,635 | 59.20, 15.00 |
| Jonkoping | Jonkoping | 115,429 | 57.40, 14.00 |
| Helsingborg | Malmohus | 114,339 | — |
| Gavle | Gavleborg | 87,431 | 60.40, 17.00 |
| Umea | Vasterbotten | 85,698 | 63.50, 20.10 |
| Halmstad | Halland | 77,601 | 56.40, 13.00 |
| Karlstad | Varmland | 74,669 | 59.30, 13.30 |
| Kristianstad | Kristianstad | 69,941 | 56.00, 14.00 |
| Vaxjo | Kronoberg | 66,925 | 56.50, 15.00 |
| Lulea | Norrbotten | 66,526 | 65.40, 22.10 |
| Nykoping | Sodermanland | 64,199 | 58.50, 17.00 |
| Karlskrona | Blekinge | 59,007 | 56.10, 15.30 |
| Ostersund | Jamtland | 56,662 | 63.20, 14.30 |
| Kalmar | Kalmar | 54,554 | 56.40, 16.30 |
| Falun | Kopparberg | 51,900 | 60.30, 15.30 |
| Vanersborg | Alvsborg | 35,804 | 58.20, 12.20 |
| Harnosand | Vasternorrland | 27,287 | 62.40, 18.00 |
| Mariestad | Skaraborg | 24,255 | 58.40, 13.50 |
| Visby | Gotland | 20,000 | 57.30, 18.20 |
| Jokkmokk | Norrbotten | 6,822 | 66.10, 19.50 |
Languages
Ethnic groups
Organizations based here
Memberships
- African Development Bank nonregional member
- Andean Group observer
- Asian Development Bank nonregional member
- Bank for International Settlements member
- Council of Europe member
- Council of the Baltic Sea States member
- Customs Cooperation Council member
- Economic Commission for Europe member
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development member
- European Investment Bank member
- European Organization for Nuclear Research member
- European Space Agency member
- European Union member
- Food and Agriculture Organization member
- Group of 10 member
- Group of 6 member
- Group of 8 member
- Group of 9 member
- Inter-American Development Bank member
- International Atomic Energy Agency member
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development member
- International Chamber of Commerce member
- International Civil Aviation Organization member
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions member
- International Criminal Police Organization member
- International Development Association Part I
- International Energy Agency member
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies member
- International Finance Corporation member
- International Fund for Agricultural Development Category I
- International Labor Organization member
- International Maritime Organization member
- International Mobile Satellite Organization member
- International Monetary Fund member
- International Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee
- International Organization for Migration member
- International Organization for Standardization member
- International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement National Society
- International Telecommunication Union member
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization member
- Missile Technology Control Regime member
- Nonaligned Movement guest
- Nordic Council member
- Nordic Investment Bank member
- North Atlantic Cooperation Council member
- Nuclear Energy Agency member
- Nuclear Suppliers Group member
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe member
- Partnership for Peace member
- Permanent Court of Arbitration member
- United Nations member
- United Nations Angola Verification Mission member
- United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia member
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization member
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization member
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research member
- United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission member
- United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan member
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia member
- United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees member
- United Nations Preventive Deployment Force member
- United Nations Protection Force member
- United Nations Truce Supervision Organization member
- Universal Postal Union member
- Western European Union observer
- World Federation of Trade Unions member
- World Health Organization member
- World Intellectual Property Organization member
- World Meteorological Organization member
- World Trade Organization member
- Zangger Committee member
Bordering countries
Natural features
Rivers
Seas & oceans
- Baltic Sea Blekinge
- Baltic Sea Gavleborg
- Baltic Sea Gotland
- Baltic Sea Kalmar
- Baltic Sea Kristianstad
- Baltic Sea Malmohus
- Baltic Sea Norrbotten
- Baltic Sea Ostergotland
- Baltic Sea Sodermanland
- Baltic Sea Stockholm
- Baltic Sea Uppsala
- Baltic Sea Vasterbotten
- Baltic Sea Vasternorrland
- North Sea Goteborg och Bohus
- North Sea Halland
- North Sea Malmohus