Summary of Population Statistics 1960 - 2009
The most important data in the Population Statistics. At the very bottom of this page, there is a link to an Excel-file containing statistics for more years then what is reported in the Table below.
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2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2000 |
1990 |
1980 |
1970 |
1960 |
|
Population on 31 December |
9,340,682 |
9,256,347 |
9,182,927 |
9,113,257 |
9,047,752 |
8,882,792 |
8,590,630 |
8,317,937 |
8,081,229 |
7,497,967 |
|
Men |
4,649,014 |
4,603,710 |
4,563,921 |
4,523,523 |
4,486,550 |
4,392,753 |
4,244,017 |
4,119,822 |
4,035,911 |
3,740,119 |
|
Women |
4,691,668 |
4,652,637 |
4,619,006 |
4,589,734 |
4,561,202 |
4,490,039 |
4,346,613 |
4,198,115 |
4,045,318 |
3,757,848 |
|
Number of persons, 0-17 years |
1,921,093 |
1,924,839 |
1,931,652 |
1,933,920 |
1,934,239 |
1,937,779 |
1,880,316 |
1,977,226 |
2,007,012 |
2,046,306 |
|
Persons aged 0-17 years in % of total population |
20.6 |
20.8 |
21.0 |
21.2 |
21.4 |
21.8 |
21.9 |
23.8 |
24.8 |
27.3 |
|
Number of persons, 65 years and above |
1,690,777 |
1,645,081 |
1,608,413 |
1,581,437 |
1,565,377 |
1,530,887 |
1,526,196 |
1,362,099 |
1,113,239 |
887,964 |
|
Persons aged 65 years and above in % of total population |
18.1 |
17.8 |
17.5 |
17.3 |
17.3 |
17.2 |
17.8 |
16.4 |
13.8 |
11.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,363,284 |
3,830,037 |
3,497,801 |
3,050,354 |
2,582,151 |
|
Average number of residents per household |
|
|
|
|
|
2.01 |
2.14 |
2.32 |
2.59 |
2.84 |
|
Foreign citizens |
602,893 |
562,124 |
524,488 |
491,996 |
479,899 |
477,312 |
483,704 |
421,667 |
411,280 |
190,621 |
|
Proportion of foreign citizens in % |
6.5 |
6.1 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
2.5 |
|
Foreign-born |
1,337,965 |
1,281,581 |
1,227,770 |
1,175,200 |
1,125,790 |
1,003,798 |
790,445 |
626,953 |
537,585 |
299,879 |
|
Proportion foreign-born in % |
14.3 |
13.8 |
13.4 |
12.9 |
12.4 |
11.3 |
9.2 |
7.5 |
6.7 |
4.0 |
|
Swedish-born with two foreign-born parents |
395,948 |
379,422 |
364,606 |
350,977 |
337,568 |
284,449 |
|
|
|
|
Proportion foreign background in % [2] |
18.6 |
17.9 |
17.3 |
16.7 |
16.2 |
14.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Births |
111,803 |
109,301 |
107,421 |
105,913 |
101,346 |
90,441 |
123,938 |
97,064 |
110,150 |
102,219 |
|
Crude birth rate (per 1000) |
12.0 |
11.9 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
11.2 |
10.2 |
14.5 |
11.7 |
13.7 |
13.7 |
|
|
1.94 |
1.91 |
1.88 |
1.85 |
1.77 |
1.55 |
2.14 |
1.68 |
1.94 |
2.13 |
|
Deaths |
90,080 |
91,449 |
91,729 |
91,177 |
91,710 |
93,461 |
95,161 |
91,800 |
80,026 |
75,093 |
|
Crude death rate (per 1000) |
9.7 |
9.9 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.2 |
10.5 |
11.1 |
11.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
Life expectancy, men |
79.4 |
79.10 |
78.94 |
78.70 |
78.42 |
77.38 |
74.81 |
72.76 |
72.20 |
71.24 |
|
Life expectancy, women |
83.4 |
83.15 |
82.99 |
82.94 |
82.78 |
82.03 |
80.41 |
78.81 |
77.06 |
74.92 |
|
Infant mortality rate (per 1000) |
2.49 |
2.49 |
2.49 |
2.80 |
2.43 |
3.42 |
5.96 |
6.91 |
11.00 |
16.62 |
|
In-migration |
102,280 |
101,171 |
99,485 |
95,750 |
65,229 |
58,659 |
60,048 |
39,426 |
77,326 |
26,143 |
|
In-migrants (per 1000 inhabitants) |
11.0 |
11.0 |
10.9 |
10.6 |
7.2 |
6.6 |
7.0 |
4.7 |
9.6 |
3.5 |
|
Out-migration |
39,240 |
45,294 |
45,418 |
44,908 |
38,118 |
34,091 |
25,196 |
29,839 |
28,635 |
15,138 |
|
Out-migrants (per 1000 inhabitants) |
4.2 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
2.0 |
|
Population growth |
84,335 |
73,420 |
69,670 |
65,505 |
36,360 |
21,366 |
63,594 |
14,927 |
76,872 |
35,827 |
|
Population growth (per 1000 inhabitants) |
9.1 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
4.0 |
2.4 |
7.5 |
1.8 |
9.5 |
4.8 |
|
|
48,033 |
50,332 |
47,898 |
45,551 |
44,381 |
39,895 |
40,477 |
37,569 |
43,278 |
50,149 |
|
|
22,211 |
21,377 |
20,669 |
20,295 |
20,000 |
21,502 |
19,357 |
19,887 |
12,943 |
9,563 |
Registered partnership [6] |
148 |
814 |
650 |
660 |
593 |
357 |
|
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|
|
Deregistered partnership [7] |
224 |
181 |
189 |
201 |
134 |
101 |
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Granted Swedish citizenship |
29,525 |
30,461 |
33,629 |
51,239 |
39,573 |
43,474 |
16,770 |
20,833 |
11,539 |
8,452 |
1. Source, up to and including 1990: Population & Housing Census, 1 November. Source after 1990: The Swedish Income Distribution Survey, 31 December
of the respective year.
2. Foreign background include foreign-born and swedish-born with two foreign-born parents.
3. Since 2004, the total fertility rate (TFR) is calculated for individual years. Previously, the TFR was calculated for age groups of 5 years.
4. From 1 May 2009 onwards including same-sex marriages and partnerships switched to marriages.
5. From 1 May 2009 onwards including divorces between persons in same-sex marriages.
6. Number of partners who registered partnership. From 1 May 2009 onwards it is not possible to register partnership in Sweden.
7. Number of partners who deregistered their partnership.
In Sweden there are more than 1.3 million people who are foreign-born yet merely 600,000 are foreign citizens.
Definitions
The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children a women would have if current fertility rates remained constant.
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