Demographics of Sweden

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date29 May 2024

There are 5.38 million males and 5.29 million females in Sweden. The percentage of the male population is 50.43%, compared to 49.57% of the female population. Sweden has 91k more males than females. The sex ratio in Sweden in 2024 will be 101.721 males per 100 females. Sweden is in the 185th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Sweden population

Year Population Growth (%)
19507,014,6100.81
19557,264,3510.66
19607,492,8950.55
19657,755,7520.82
19708,027,7020.58
19758,224,4080.33
19808,311,7630.19
19858,389,9130.23
19908,548,4060.53
19958,758,4960.34
20008,871,0430.28
20059,051,7380.54
20109,381,7290.90
20159,849,3491.04
202010,368,9690.92
202110,467,0970.97
202210,549,3470.60
202310,612,0860.58
202410,673,6690.57
  • Total
  • Crude

Sweden death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195070,199116,12110.01816.572
195568,704106,8769.46314.721
196075,085101,20510.03213.522
196578,217123,00810.09715.879
197080,035110,5189.97813.779
197588,206104,32710.73512.697
198091,78596,66511.05011.637
198594,11998,95211.22611.802
199095,127122,83711.13714.381
199593,849101,81210.73311.643
200093,37890,14610.54210.177
200591,915101,61910.17611.251
201090,603114,3469.68812.227
201590,926115,0789.26911.731
202098,316112,3619.52010.880
202192,278113,3228.85010.868
202290,728114,0808.61710.835
202391,557113,6858.64410.733
202492,376113,4228.67110.647
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Sweden

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19504,607,1882,402,72465.724
19555,030,7112,231,91269.269
19605,424,0752,058,46872.490
19655,968,4941,777,17977.056
19706,527,1981,527,71881.034
19756,781,6271,415,71382.730
19806,909,7671,406,57183.087
19856,945,2091,412,44383.100
19907,119,4961,447,88883.100
19957,407,0141,429,40683.824
20007,462,8911,418,74984.026
20057,621,2891,417,33484.319
20107,986,9341,403,23485.056
20158,450,6111,312,95486.553
20208,904,7621,216,92487.977
20218,989,8071,198,31288.238
20229,072,5281,179,89488.492
20239,153,1181,161,70788.738
20249,231,9091,143,80188.976
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Sweden population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 297,224 281,317 578,542 5.42 105.654
05-09 320,368 302,250 622,617 5.83 105.994
10-14 327,762 309,837 637,599 5.97 105.785
15-19 324,947 304,822 629,768 5.90 106.602
20-24 321,320 287,791 609,111 5.71 111.650
25-29 330,255 302,762 633,017 5.93 109.081
30-34 403,490 381,609 785,098 7.36 105.734
35-39 374,884 355,945 730,828 6.85 105.321
40-44 339,776 322,834 662,610 6.21 105.248
45-49 327,687 315,323 643,010 6.02 103.921
50-54 337,591 329,208 666,799 6.25 102.546
55-59 344,078 335,377 679,455 6.37 102.594
60-64 300,502 296,866 597,369 5.60 101.225
65-69 271,510 275,049 546,559 5.12 98.713
70-74 250,524 262,462 512,985 4.81 95.452
75-79 242,197 263,865 506,062 4.74 91.788
80-84 158,276 184,710 342,987 3.21 85.689
85-89 76,531 108,561 185,092 1.73 70.496
90-94 27,375 52,588 79,963 0.75 52.056
95-99 5,571 15,900 21,471 0.20 35.038
100+ 508 2,220 2,728 0.03 22.883
Total 5,382,376 5,291,296 10,673,670 101.721