The 27 members - 05/07/2009
Sweden
By RFI Research service
Geography
Surface area : 449,964 km2
Capital : Stockholm (population : 1.8 million)
Government : constitutional monarchy
Demographics
Population : 9.1 million
Birth rate : 1.8
Population density : 22.2 per km2
Life expectancy : 83 for women, 78.7 for men
Society
Languages : Swedish
Religion : Lutheran (75%), Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox
Human development index : 6th out of 177 countries
European Union
EU accession : 1995
Number of MEPs : 18 out of 736
Economy (2007 figures)
Currency : Swedish krona (1 krona = 0.09)
Growth rate : 2.5%
Public debt : 59.5% of GDP
GDP per capita : 36,200 euros
Inflation : 1.5%
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