Sweden, Europe

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Image of Stockholm, capital city of Sweden

Sweden Flag

Sweden is a country located in the Northern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Easy learning about Sweden
Sweden is located in	Northern Europe Europe Continent
Member of	European Union since 1995 Schengen since 2001 NATO since 2024
Sweden has a population of	10,551,494 inhabitants (2023 UN data) Inhabitants of Sweden are called Swedes
The country’s total area is	449,964 Km² ( 279,594 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank	39
Global Peace Index Score	2
Human Development Index (HDI)	Sweden HDI ranks in position nº 5 worldwide Very High Human Development HDI of 0.952 (0.4 to 1) (2022 data from UNDP)
Sweden’s passport	allows visa-free entry to 188 countries Sweden passport ranks in position nº 4 in the world (2025 HP Index data)
Sweden GDP per capita is	$58,100 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF)
Sweden ’s LGBTI legal status	Same-sex sexual acts are Legal (2025 ILGA data)
Sweden EPI (English Proficiency Index)	is classified as Very high proficiency in English has a score of 608 ranks 4th worldwide (2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude	62° 00' N, 15° 00' E Open in Google Maps
Sweden Capital city	Stockholm
Neighbouring countries	Norway, Finland.
Sweden Climate	temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
Most predominant religion	Church of Sweden (Lutheran),
Second most predominant religion	other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist)
Currency name & code	Krona (SEK)
Internet ccTLD	.se
Sweden calling code	+46

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