Population by age and sex in Sweden

Sweden had 10,587,710 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Population by age group and sex Unit: People Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Sweden, 2025 10,587,710 People
Change from 2024 +0.3% 2024: 10,551,707 people
European Union, 2025 450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 12th of 40 See the full ranking

Population by age and sex in Sweden over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population by age group and sex (people), 2001 to 2025
Period SwedenEuropean Union
2025 10,587,710 people 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 10,551,707 people 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 10,521,556 people 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 10,452,326 people 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2021 10,379,295 people 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 10,327,589 people 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated)
2019 10,230,185 people 446,149,924 people
2018 10,120,242 people 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated)
2017 9,995,153 people 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 9,851,017 people 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated)
2015 9,747,355 people 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 9,644,864 people 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 9,555,893 people 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series)
2012 9,482,855 people 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 9,415,570 people 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 9,340,682 people 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 9,256,347 people 440,047,892 people
2008 9,182,927 people 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 9,113,257 people 437,227,496 people
2006 9,047,752 people 435,816,236 people
2005 9,011,392 people 434,416,272 people
2004 8,975,670 people 432,762,039 people
2003 8,940,788 people 431,190,184 people
2002 8,909,128 people 429,723,142 people
2001 8,882,792 people 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3% from 10,551,707 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 9,747,355 people, the figure has changed by +8.6%.
  • Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 12th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.

Population pyramid, Sweden, 1 January 2025

Men on the left, women on the right. Source: Eurostat.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_pjangroup · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for Sweden
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat