Sweden

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Official Name
Kingdom of Sweden
Population Full

10,099,000 (2020 UNDESA)

Principal Languages
Swedish
Literacy Rate
99% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
International Conventions
CDE (1968), CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2011), ECRML (2000), FCPNM (2000), ICCPR (1971), UNCRPD (2008), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Haugen 1992, Salminen 2007, Winsa 1998
Deaf Population
8,000–10,000
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Sweden is 19. All are living languages. Of these, 10 are indigenous and 9 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional, 6 are developing, 6 are in trouble, and 4 are dying. Also listed are 61 unestablished languages.