Sweden's population rose from 8.84M in 1996 to 10.6M in 2025.
Sweden · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Sweden's population growth rose from 0.2 % in 1996 to 0.3 % in 2025.
Sweden's population density rose from 21.6 in 1994 to 25.9 in 2023.
Sweden's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.6 % in 1996 to 49.6 % in 2025.
Sweden's urbanisation rose from 83.9 % in 1996 to 89.1 % in 2025.
Sweden's urban population rose from 7.42M in 1996 to 9.44M in 2025.
Sweden's rural population fell from 1.42M in 1996 to 1.16M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.4 %169th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.1 %168th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −4.4 %71st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −5.4 %12th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs46th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts156th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts147th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts29th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.3 pts71st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts22nd of 217
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- Net migrationdown −6.1 %22nd of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.8 pts43rd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −31.4 %37th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.8 yrs9th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.6 yrs16th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.9 yrs6th of 217