Population in Sweden
The population of Sweden was 10,596,620 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Sweden, 2025
10,596,620
Change from 2024
+0.3%
European Union, 2025
451,127,411 people
Position in 2025
92nd of 217
Population in Sweden over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,596,620 people | 451,127,411 people |
| 2024 | 10,569,709 people | 450,228,188 people |
| 2023 | 10,536,632 people | 448,897,545 people |
| 2022 | 10,486,941 people | 447,203,596 people |
| 2021 | 10,415,811 people | 446,228,281 people |
| 2020 | 10,353,442 people | 446,870,959 people |
| 2019 | 10,278,887 people | 446,910,453 people |
| 2018 | 10,175,214 people | 446,058,453 people |
| 2017 | 10,057,698 people | 445,321,060 people |
| 2016 | 9,923,085 people | 444,676,652 people |
| 2015 | 9,799,186 people | 443,793,218 people |
| 2014 | 9,696,110 people | 442,920,819 people |
| 2013 | 9,600,379 people | 442,425,741 people |
| 2012 | 9,519,374 people | 442,069,839 people |
| 2011 | 9,449,213 people | 441,414,078 people |
| 2010 | 9,378,126 people | 442,088,310 people |
| 2009 | 9,298,515 people | 441,388,573 people |
| 2008 | 9,219,637 people | 440,270,719 people |
| 2007 | 9,148,092 people | 438,796,003 people |
| 2006 | 9,080,505 people | 437,263,803 people |
| 2005 | 9,029,572 people | 435,789,139 people |
| 2004 | 8,993,531 people | 434,193,248 people |
| 2003 | 8,958,229 people | 432,512,916 people |
| 2002 | 8,924,958 people | 430,924,112 people |
| 2001 | 8,895,960 people | 429,909,307 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3% from 10,569,709 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9,799,186 people, the figure has changed by +8.1%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 92nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.
More for Sweden
All statistics for Sweden
Population on 1 January
10,587,710 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population growth
0.25%
2025 · World Bank
Population by age and sex
10,587,710 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
8.7 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.43 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat