Summary of Population Statistics 1960 - 2008 (corrected version 2009-05-13)
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.
| |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2000 |
1990 |
1980 |
1970 |
1960 |
|
Population on 31 Dec. |
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 |
4,603,710 |
4,563,921 |
4,523,523 |
4,486,550 |
4,392,753 |
4,244,017 |
4,119,822 |
4,045,318 |
3,757,848 |
|
Women |
4,652,637 |
4,619,006 |
4,589,734 |
4,561,202 |
4,490,039 |
4,346,613 |
4,198,115 |
4,035,911 |
3,740,119 |
|
Number of persons, 0-17 years |
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 |
20.8 |
21.0 |
21.2 |
21.4 |
21.8 |
21.9 |
23.8 |
24.8 |
27.3 |
|
Number of persons, 65 years and above |
1,645,081 |
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 |
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 |
562,124 |
524,488 |
491,996 |
479,899 |
477,312 |
483,704 |
421,667 |
411,280 |
190,621 |
|
Proportion of foreign citizens in % |
6.1 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
2.5 |
|
Foreign-born |
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 % |
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 |
379,422 |
364,606 |
350,977 |
337,568 |
284,449 |
|
|
|
|
Proportion foreign background in % [2] |
17.9 |
17.3 |
16.7 |
16.2 |
14.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Births |
109,301 |
107,421 |
105,913 |
101,346 |
90,441 |
123,938 |
97,064 |
110,150 |
102,219 |
|
Crude birth rate (per 1000) |
11.9 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
11.2 |
10.2 |
14.5 |
11.7 |
13.7 |
13.7 |
|
|
1.91 |
1.88 |
1.85 |
1.77 |
1.55 |
2.14 |
1.68 |
1.94 |
2.13 |
|
Deaths |
91,449 |
91,729 |
91,177 |
91,710 |
93,461 |
95,161 |
91,800 |
80,026 |
75,093 |
|
Crude death rate (per 1000) |
9.9 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.2 |
10.5 |
11.1 |
11.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
Life expectancy, men |
79.10 |
78.94 |
78.70 |
78.42 |
77.38 |
74.81 |
72.76 |
72.20 |
71.24 |
|
Life expectancy, women |
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 |
2.80 |
2.43 |
3.42 |
5.96 |
6.91 |
11.00 |
16.62 |
|
In-migration |
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 |
10.9 |
10.6 |
7.2 |
6.6 |
7.0 |
4.7 |
9.6 |
3.5 |
|
Out-migration |
45,294 |
45,418 |
44,908 |
38,118 |
34,091 |
25,196 |
29,839 |
28,635 |
15,138 |
|
Out-migrants (per 1000 inhabitants) |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
2.0 |
|
Population growth |
73,420 |
69,670 |
65,505 |
36,360 |
21,366 |
63,594 |
14,927 |
76,872 |
35,827 |
|
Population growth (per 1000 inhabitants) |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
4.0 |
2.4 |
7.5 |
1.8 |
9.5 |
4.8 |
|
Marriages |
50,332 |
47,898 |
45,551 |
44,381 |
39,895 |
40,477 |
37,569 |
43,278 |
50,149 |
|
Divorces |
21,377 |
20,669 |
20,295 |
20,000 |
21,502 |
19,357 |
19,887 |
12,943 |
9,563 |
Registered partnership [4] |
814 |
650 |
660 |
593 |
357 |
|
|
|
|
Deregistered partnership [4] |
181 |
189 |
201 |
134 |
101 |
|
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|
|
|
Granted Swedish citizenship |
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. Number of partners who registered/deregistered their partnership.
In Sweden, there are more than 1 million people who are foreign-born yet merely a little more than half million 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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