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India in Brief

The population of India as at 0:00 hours on 1st March 2001 stood at 1,027,015,247 persons. With this, India became only the second country in the world after China to cross the one billion mark. India's population rose by 21.34 % between 1991 - 2001. The sex ratio (i.e., number of females per thousand males) of population was 933, rising from 927 as at the 1991 Census. Total literacy rate in India was returned as 65.38%.                      
Persons            1,027,015,247           
Males            531,277,078
Females            495,738,169
Source: Provisional Population Totals : India . Census of India 2001, Paper 1 of 2001

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Sweden in Brief


Sweden in Brief provides capsule introductions to Sweden by subject area and a collection of key facts and figures.

 
Facts:
  • Area: 450,000 km² (174,000 sq. mi.), third largest country in Western Europe
    Forests: 53%
    Mountains: 17%
    Cultivated land: 8%
    Lakes and rivers: 9%
    Longest north-south distance: 1,574 km (978 mi.)
    Longest east-west distance: 499 km (310 mi.)
  • Capital Stockholm
  • Population 9 million inhabitants
  • Languages: Swedish; recognized minority languages: Sami (Lapp), Finnish, Meänkieli (Tornedalen Finnish), Yiddish, Romani Chib (a Gypsy language).
  • Form of government: Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy.
  • Parliament: The Riksdag, with 349 members in one chamber
  • Religion: 82% belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden
  • Average life expectancy: men 77 years, women 82 years.
  • Most important export goods: Paper products, electrical and computer equipment, motor vehicles, machinery, chemical products, pharmaceuticals, iron and steel, foodstuffs
  • Most important imported goods: Petroleum products, motor vehicles and accessories, machinery, electrical and computer equipment, foodstuffs, textile products, footwear  


Average temperatures
 

  JANUARY JULY
Malmö -0.2° C (+31.6° F) + 16.8° C (62.2° F)
Stockholm -2.8° C (+27.0° F) +17.2° C (63.0° F)
Kiruna -16.0° C (+3.2° F) +12.8° C (55.0° F)


Daylight 
 

   JANUARY 1 JULY 1
Malmö 7 hours 17 hours
Stockholm  6 hours 18 hours
Kiruna  0 hours 24 hours

 

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