Sweden
Population 2026
10,701,038
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.42%
- Density
- 26 per km²
- Land area
- 407,270 km²
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Currency
- Krona (SEK)
- Official languages
- SV-SE, SE, SMA, FI-SE
- Urban population
- 89.1%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 96,3012026
- Deaths
- 97,6562026
- Birth rate
- 9.3per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.43
- Life expectancy
- 84.1At birth, years
- Median age
- 40.4
- Net migration
- 47,079
Age distribution
- 0–1416.7%
- 15–6462.4%
- 65+20.9%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $669B
- GDP per capita
- $63.1K
- GDP growth
- +1.5%
- Inflation
- 0.7%
- Unemployment
- 8.7%
- Exports
- $356B
- Imports
- $342B
- Tourism receipts
- 4.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.5%
- Industry21.0%
- Manufacturing12.5%
- Services67.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.8%
- Industry16.8%
- Services81.4%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | StockholmStockholm | 1,515,0172024 |
| 2 | GothenburgVästra Götaland | 608,4622026 |
| 3 | MalmöSkåne | 362,1332026 |
| 4 | UppsalaUppsala | 177,0742026 |
| 5 | LinköpingÖstergötland | 166,6732026 |
| 6 | ÖrebroÖrebro | 155,9892026 |
| 7 | SollentunaStockholm | 139,6062026 |
| 8 | UmeåVästerbotten | 130,2242026 |
| 9 | VästeråsVästmanland | 127,7992026 |
| 10 | JönköpingJönköping | 112,7662026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10,701,038 | 96.3K | 97.7K |
| 2020 | 10,353,682 | 113K | 98.4K |
| 2010 | 9,378,234 | 114K | 90.7K |
| 2000 | 8,872,099 | 90.0K | 93.4K |
| 1990 | 8,558,571 | 123K | 95.1K |
| 1980 | 8,310,470 | 96.6K | 91.8K |
| 1970 | 8,042,783 | 110K | 80.0K |
| 1960 | 7,484,597 | 101K | 75.1K |
| 1950 | 7,016,565 | 115K | 70.2K |