Demographics of Sweden

Demographics of Sweden
PopulationIncrease 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023)
Growth rate0.5% (2022 est.)
Birth rate10.83 births/1,000 population (2022)
Death rate9.46 deaths/1,000 population (2022)
Life expectancy82.7 years
 • male80.94 years (2022)
 • female84.58 years (2022 est.)
Fertility rate1.67 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate2.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate3.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years17.71%
15–64 years62.18%
65 and over20.12%
Sex ratio
Total1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.06 male(s)/female
65 and over0.69 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationalitynoun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish
Major ethnicSwedes (Native)
Minor ethnic
Language
OfficialSwedish
SpokenSwedish, others
Swedes celebrating Midsummer (Swedish: Midsommar)
Historical population of Sweden

The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023), making it the 15th-most populous country in Europe after Czech Republic, the 10th-most populous member state of the European Union, and the 87th-most populous country in the world. The total fertility rate was rated at 1.66 in 2020,[1] which is far below the replacement rate of 2.1.

The population exceeded 10 million for the first time on Friday, 20 January 2017.[2][3] The three largest cities are Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Sweden's population has become much more ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse over the past 70 years as a result of immigration. Every fourth (24.9%) resident in the country has a foreign background and every third (32.3%) has at least one parent born abroad. The most common foreign ancestry is Finnish.[4]

Statistics Sweden projects a Swedish population of 12.6 million in 2070.[5]

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  2. ^ Radio, Sveriges (20 January 2017). "Swedish population hits 10-million mark – Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Sweden's population reaches historic ten million milestone". www.thelocal.se. 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Fler med finsk bakgrund i Sverige". Sveriges Radio. Sverige Radio. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Sveriges framtida befolkning 2021–2070". Statistiska Centralbyrån (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.