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International Business Portfolio CPT Sweden A’Isha Adams International Business BBB-4M1 Ms. Swaminathan DUE DATE Basic Facts of your IBP Country Item Canada Your Country Size (sq km) 9,984,670 sq km 450,295 sq km World Region North America Europe Capital City Ottawa Stockholm Language English (official) 58.7%, French (official) 22%, Punjabi 1.4%, Italian 1.3%, Spanish 1.3%, German 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2%, Tagalog 1.2%, Arabic 1.1%, other 10.5% (2011 est.) Swedish Currency Canadian Dollar Swedish krona Exchange rate 1.275 (2015 est.) 1 SEK = 0.158822 CAD Population 35,099,836 (July 2015 est.) 9,801,616 (July 2015 est.) Literacy Rate 99% 99% Age expectancy Male/female average 79.15 years/ 84.52 years 81.98 years Climate varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north Type of Government Federal parliamentary democracy (Parliament of Canada) under a …show more content…

Stockholm (capital) can be identified in this map as well, including other cities known Swedish countries such as Göteborg3, Malmö, and Uppsala. Norway, Finland and Denmark can be seen to be neighboring countries. Sweden has a total of 231 airports which can be very beneficial for importing and exporting goods around the world (C.I.A., World Fact Book). Also, Sweden is right beside the Baltic Ocean meaning it is able to transport through various water ways. The country surely uses this ability very well be-cause it transports items to 189 countries including Canada as well, and it also has major seaports in Brofjorden, Goteborg, Helsingborg, Karlshamn, Lulea, Malmo, Stockholm, Trelleborg, and Visby. Sweden has a decent railways system as well adding up to 11,915 km, however it is very slow and makes transporting goods very lengthy. (C.I.A., World Fact

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