Demographics of Sweden

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Sweden is projected at 8.72 million, up by 0.70% compared with 8.65 million in 2020. Sweden is ranked 91st in terms of population and 150th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.12 million births in Sweden in 2021. That is 329 per day, which is ranked 104th. The crude birth rate is 11.81 per 1000 people. There are 92.24 thousand deaths in Sweden in 2021. That is 253 per day, which is ranked 85th. The crude death rate is 9.08 per 1000 people.

8.99 million people are living in urban areas, which is 88.24% of Sweden population. Sweden is ranked 40th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Sweden in 2021 is 100.44 males per 100 females. There are 5.09 million males and 5.07 million females in Sweden. The percentage of female population is 49.89% compare to 50.11% male population. Sweden has 22.34 thousand more males than females. Sweden is at 136th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Sweden population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	4,668,089	-
1955	4,957,070	1.16
1960	5,280,683	1.59
1965	5,812,844	1.75
1970	6,150,848	0.89
1975	6,337,031	0.24
1980	6,283,833	-0.05
1985	6,435,424	0.61
1990	6,652,873	0.84
1995	6,995,519	0.82
2000	7,143,764	0.40
2005	7,386,818	0.86
2010	7,808,674	1.23
2015	8,296,775	1.11
2016	8,379,915	1.00
2017	8,455,797	0.91
2018	8,525,614	0.83
2019	8,591,361	0.77
2020	8,654,618	0.74
2021	8,715,494	0.70

Total
Crude

Sweden death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	69,270	113,670	9.83	16.11
1955	70,192	106,308	9.68	14.66
1960	73,909	109,098	9.87	14.56
1965	78,833	115,932	10.16	14.94
1970	83,034	114,545	10.35	14.28
1975	87,967	102,803	10.72	12.53
1980	91,508	93,337	11.03	11.25
1985	93,457	101,318	11.14	12.08
1990	95,249	116,778	11.10	13.60
1995	95,022	105,079	10.81	11.97
2000	94,203	91,472	10.58	10.27
2005	92,711	103,008	10.22	11.36
2010	90,876	112,772	9.68	12.02
2015	90,637	116,674	9.29	11.96
2020	91,819	119,651	9.10	11.85
2021	92,239	119,921	9.08	11.81

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Sweden

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	4,607,188	2,402,724	-	65.724
1955	5,030,711	2,231,912	1.57	69.269
1960	5,424,075	2,058,468	1.50	72.490
1965	5,968,494	1,777,179	1.96	77.056
1970	6,527,198	1,527,718	1.58	81.034
1975	6,781,627	1,415,713	0.54	82.730
1980	6,909,767	1,406,571	0.28	83.087
1985	6,945,209	1,412,443	0.21	83.100
1990	7,119,496	1,447,888	0.62	83.100
1995	7,407,014	1,429,406	0.62	83.824
2000	7,462,891	1,418,749	0.13	84.026
2005	7,621,289	1,417,334	0.61	84.319
2010	7,986,934	1,403,234	1.01	85.056
2015	8,450,611	1,312,954	1.12	86.553
2020	8,904,762	1,216,924	0.99	87.977
2021	8,989,807	1,198,312	0.96	88.238

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Sweden population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	312,222	294,480	606,702	5.97	106.025
05-09	304,560	289,104	593,664	5.84	105.346
10-14	304,912	288,515	593,427	5.84	105.683
15-19	284,133	271,497	555,630	5.47	104.654
20-24	273,467	258,032	531,499	5.23	105.982
25-29	363,874	347,870	711,744	7.01	104.601
30-34	362,491	349,362	711,853	7.01	103.758
35-39	327,208	312,769	639,977	6.30	104.617
40-44	310,013	297,877	607,890	5.98	104.074
45-49	326,880	318,108	644,988	6.35	102.758
50-54	345,297	335,278	680,575	6.70	102.988
55-59	318,523	310,312	628,835	6.19	102.646
60-64	287,304	286,290	573,594	5.65	100.354
65-69	258,080	263,550	521,630	5.13	97.924
70-74	271,154	286,142	557,296	5.49	94.762
75-79	215,464	233,873	449,337	4.42	92.129
80-84	127,126	155,072	282,198	2.78	81.979
85-89	65,123	99,012	164,135	1.62	65.773
90-94	26,947	53,152	80,099	0.79	50.698
95-99	6,007	16,697	22,704	0.22	35.977
100+	463	1,919	2,382	0.02	24.127
Total	5,091,248	5,068,911	10,160,159		100.441