General information
Sweden | United States | |
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Region: | Northern Europe | North America |
Area: | 447,430 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Swedish | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 836 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Stockholm | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Sweden | United States | |
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Population: | 10,285,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 23.0 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 84 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 41.0 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 11.40 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 9.10 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 4.87 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Sweden | United States | |
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Political stability: | 85 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 100 | 83 |
Health: | 87 | 74 |
Climate: | 18 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 41 | 34 |
Popularity: | 52 | 86 |
Economy
Sweden | United States | |
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Currency: | Swedish Krone (1 SEK = 100 Öre) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 8.5 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 1.78 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 114.57 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 49.10 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 55,780 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 85 (good) | 67 (moderate) |
SWE: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 530,884 M US$ | 51.62 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 573,771 M US$ | 55.78 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 251,661 M US$ | 24.47 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 232,791 M US$ | 22.63 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
SWE: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 573,134 km | 55.72 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Railways: | 14,127 km | 1.37 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 2,052 km | 0.20 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 360 | 0.035 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 231 | 0.022 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
SWE: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 133.50 bn kWh | 12.98 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 152.90 bn kWh | 14.87 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 26.02 bn kWh | 2.53 m kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 14.29 bn kWh | 1.39 m kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 43.25 m t | 4,205.19 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Sweden | United States | |
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International dialing: | +46 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .se | .us |
SWE total | SWE per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 1,924,970 | 187 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 12,678,400 | 1233 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 5,978,000 | 581 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 9,719,074 | 945 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Sweden | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.60 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 5.40 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 4.8 % | 10.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 78.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 28.8 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Sweden and United StatesSweden | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 9.5 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 1.7 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 8.4 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 80 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.2 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.0 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Sweden | United States | |
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Swedish: | 89.5 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | 0.6 % | 10.7 % |
Finnish: | 2.4 % | n/a |
North Slavic languages: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
Arabic: | 0.8 % | n/a |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Norwegian: | 0.5 % | n/a |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 4.9 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Sweden | United States | |
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Christianity: | 87.0 % | 78.5 % |
Jewry: | 0.2 % | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 12.8 % | 15.3 % |