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Transportation of Sweden

Airports:255 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 155
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 80
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 36 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 100
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 91 (2006)
Heliports:2 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 798 km (2006)
Railways:total: 11,528 km
standard gauge: 11,528 km 1.435-m gauge (7,527 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 424,947 km
paved: 129,651 km (includes 1,591 km of expressways)
unpaved: 295,296 km (2004)
Waterways:2,052 km (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 198 ships (1000 GRT or over) 3,703,834 GRT/2,382,754 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 28, chemical tanker 47, container 5, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 36, petroleum tanker 15, roll on/roll off 31, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 21
foreign-owned: 37 (Belgium 2, Denmark 4, Finland 11, Germany 3, Italy 7, Japan 2, Norway 7, US 1)
registered in other countries: 161 (Bahamas 6, Bermuda 14, Cayman Islands 9, Cook Islands 3, Cyprus 3, Denmark 1, France 2, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 9, Gibraltar 5, Isle of Man 1, Liberia 8, Malta 3, Netherlands 26, Netherlands Antilles 5, Norway 28, Panama 5, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Singapore 12, UK 15, US 5) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Oxelosund, Stenungsund, Stockholm, Trelleborg

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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