Sweden
07 Jan 2011
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Stockholm
- Head of government: Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
- Inhabitants: 9,059,651 (July 2009)
- GDP/per capita: US$ 36,800 (2009 est.)
- Economic growth: -4.6% (2009 est.)
- Main languages: Swedish; small Sami and Finnish-speaking minorities
- School life expectancy: 16 years
- Education expenditures: 7.1% of GDP (2005)
- Internet users: 8.1 million (2008)
Higher education
- Number of students in higher education: 329,153 undergraduate, 16,922 postgraduate (2008)
- Number of institutions: 52
- Number of students in the Netherlands: 450
