Sweden has a population of over 9 million people who are predominantly Lutheran. The country has a parliamentary democracy and mandatory education from ages 7 to 16. Spain's population is over 46 million, most of whom are Catholic. Spain also has a parliamentary monarchy and provides free education from ages 6 to 16. Both countries have seen immigration increases in recent decades, with over 1 million foreign-born residents in Sweden and 6 million in Spain.

1. Sweden Vs. Spain

2. Sweden
–Growth
• Population- 9,103,788
• Life Expectency- 81.18 years
• Males: 78.86 yrs. Females: 83.63 yrs.
• Growth Rate- 0.168%
• Birth Rate- 10.21/1,000
• Death Rate- 10.21/1,000
• Fertility Rate- 1.94 children born/women

3. Sweden
Ethnicity
– Aside from the Sweds the Sweden-Finns’ are the
largest ethnic minority in Sweden.
– Only about 2% of swedens labor force earned their
living in agriculture in 1999, compared to more then
50% at the beginning of the 20th century.

4. Religion
• In Sweden since the 16th century Sweden has been
made up of predominantly Lutherans. Others
believe in the Roman Catholics.

5. Politics
• Sweden has a parliamentary representative
democratic constitutional monarchy. This
Government is lead by a Prime Minister.
• This is Swedens Prime
Minister Frank Reinfeldt
Talking with our President.

6. Education in Sweden
• In Sweden going to school is mandatory from age
seven to age sixteen!
• The school year starts mid/late august and ends in
mid/late June.

7. Land Usage
• In 2005 only 3 % of Sweden's area is built up land. 53 % is made up
of forests, 8 % is agricultural land, 9 % is bogs and mires without
forests, 10 % comprises of high mountains and bare rocks, and 9 %
is water.

8. Immigration in Sweden
• In 2010, 1.33 million people or 14.3% of the population in Sweden were foreign-
born. Of these, 859,000 were born outside the European Union and 477,000 (5.1%)
were born in another European Union member state. In 2009, immigration
reached its highest level since records began with 102,280 people migrating to
Sweden while the total population grew by 84,335.

9. Spain

10. SPAIN
• -Growth
• Population- (2008) 46 million
• Natives of the country make up 88% of the total population of Spain.
• Fertility- rate of 1.47
• Birth Rate- 10.9 (2006)
• Life expectancy at birth: 81.27 years
Male: 78.26 years
Female: 84.47 years (2011)

11. Religion
• Spain has no official religion, in 1978 the gov’t abolished the
Roman Catholic Church as the state Religion.
• But their country does have different kinds of religions like the
U.S. 76.7% of the population is Catholic, 20.0% are non-
believers or atheists, and 1.6% are other religions.

12. Politics in Spain
• The political government of Spain is a parliamentary monarchy.
• Below is a picture of their Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. He is
basiclly the president of their Government.

13. Immigration in Spain
• In 2010 there were over 6 million foreign-born residents in
Spain, Of these people 4.1 million were born outside the
European Union and 2.3 million were born in another
European Union member State.

14. Education in Spain
• The current system of education in Spain is known as LOE after the Ley Orgánica de
Educación, or Fundamental Law of Education. Education in Spain is free from 6 to
16 years of age, supported by the Government in each Region.

15. Cited Page
• All information was found on different wikipedia
websites.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sweden
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/urban_vs_rual_sweden
• Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sweden
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Spain
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Spain
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Spain