Swedish Navy, Swedish Air Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 2,146,145; fit for military service 1,874,787; reach
military age (19) annually 55,262 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $5.2 billion, 2.6% of GDP (FY93/94)

@Switzerland, Geography

Location:
Central Europe, between France and Austria
Map references:
Europe, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
41,290 sq km
land area:
39,770 sq km
comparative area:
slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey
Land boundaries:
total 1,852 km, Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km,
Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none; landlocked
International disputes:
none
Climate:
temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy
winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers
Terrain:
mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central
plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes
Natural resources:
hydropower potential, timber, salt
Land use:
arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
1%
meadows and pastures:
40%
forest and woodland:
26%
other:
23%
Irrigated land:
250 sq km (1989)
Environment:
current issues:
air pollution from vehicle emissions and open air burning; acid rain;
water pollution from increased use of agricultural fertilizers; loss
of biodiversity
natural hazards:
subject to avalanches, landslides, flash floods
international agreements:
party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Sulphur, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic
Treaty, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life
Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not
ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Law of the
Sea
Note:
landlocked; crossroads of northern and southern Europe; along with
southeastern France and northern Italy, contains the highest
elevations in Europe

@Switzerland, People

Population:
7,040,119 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.7% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
12.23 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
9.2 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 e