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Communications of Sweden

Telephones - main lines in use:6.379 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:8.436 million (2005)
Telephone system:general assessment: excellent domestic and international facilities; automatic system
domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cables carry most of the voice traffic; parallel microwave radio relay systems carry some additional telephone channels
international: country code - 46; 5 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:8.25 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:4.6 million (1997)
Internet country code:.se
Internet hosts:2.958 million (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):29 (2000)
Internet users:6.8 million (2005)

Sweden Quickstats

  • Population: 9,031,088 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 449,964 sq km
  • Density: 20 /km² (185th)
  • GDP (total): $291 billion (34th)
  • GDP (per capita): $32,200 (18th)
  • Literacy: 99%

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  • Currency: Swedish krona (SEK)
  • Dial code: +46

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