Sweden Population
Sweden had an estimated population of 10,596,620 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 92nd most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.13% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +0.25% a year.
Sweden at a glance
How Sweden's population is changing
Sweden's population is roughly stable: +0.25% a year, which works out to about +26,945 people per year, or +74 a day. Births (9.3 per 1,000) and deaths (8.6 per 1,000) alone would give +0.07% a year; net migration adds about 47,079 people a year (+0.44%). Roughly one in every 775 people on Earth lives in Sweden.
Population of Sweden since 1960
In 1960, Sweden had 7,484,656 people. By 2025 that was 10,596,620 — 1.4× larger. The fastest growth came between 2009 and 2019, when the population rose by 11%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7,484,656 | — |
| 1970 | 8,042,801 | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 8,310,531 | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 8,558,835 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 8,872,109 | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 9,378,126 | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 10,353,442 | +10.4% |
| 2025 | 10,596,620 | +2.3% |
Sweden from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Sweden at about 2,500,000 people in 1800; the UN estimates 10,656,636 in 2025 (4× 1800) and projects 11,366,899 for 2100 in its medium scenario.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 2,500,000 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 3,461,607 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 5,123,503 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 7,016,565 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 8,872,099 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 10,656,636 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 11,309,632 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 11,422,318 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 11,366,899 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Sweden
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 10,596,620. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockholm | 1,500,093 | UN urban centre | 14.16% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Gothenburg | 562,945 | UN urban centre | 5.31% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Malmö | 318,242 | UN urban centre | 3.00% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | Sollentuna | 139,606 | GeoNames settlement | 1.32% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 5 | Uppsala | 134,252 | UN urban centre | 1.27% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 6 | Västerås | 104,382 | UN urban centre | 0.99% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Helsingborg | 103,402 | UN urban centre | 0.98% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 8 | Örebro | 96,017 | UN urban centre | 0.91% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 9 | Lund | 91,993 | UN urban centre | 0.87% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 10 | Huddinge | 90,182 | GeoNames settlement | 0.85% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Sweden compares
Sweden has almost the same population as Papua New Guinea (10,762,817).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #90 |  Tajikistan | 10,786,734 | +2% | compare → |
| #91 |  Papua New Guinea | 10,762,817 | +2% | compare → |
| #93 |  Greece | 10,413,962 | −2% | compare → |
| #94 |  Azerbaijan | 10,246,996 | −3% | compare → |
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Land neighbours (2)
Sweden's 2 neighbours together hold 11,257,306 people — 1.1× Sweden's population. The most populous is Finland (5,646,436).
In its region
Sweden is the 18th most populous of the 58 economies in Europe & Central Asia, holding 1.1% of the region's 932,525,035 people.
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Cities
Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Sollentuna, Uppsala, Västerås, Helsingborg, Örebro — all Sweden's cities on the map.
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