Summary of Population Statistics 1960 - 2010
* 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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2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2000 |
1990 |
1980 |
1970 |
1960 |
Population on 31 December |
9 415 570 |
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 |
4 690 244 |
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 |
4 725 326 |
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 |
1 919 094 |
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 |
20.4 |
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 |
1 737 246 |
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 |
18.5 |
18.1 |
17.8 |
17.5 |
17.3 |
17.3 |
17.2 |
17.8 |
16.4 |
13.8 |
11.8 |
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|
|
4 628 000 |
4 555 000 |
4 477 000 |
4 465 000 |
4 441 000 |
4 363 000 |
3 830 037 |
3 497 801 |
3 050 354 |
2 582 151 |
|
Average number of residents per household |
|
2.03 |
1.97 |
2.00 |
1.99 |
2.00 |
2.01 |
2.14 |
2.32 |
2.59 |
2.84 |
|
|
633 292 |
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 % |
6.7 |
6.5 |
6.1 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
2.5 |
|
|
1 384 929 |
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 % |
14.7 |
14.3 |
13.8 |
13.4 |
12.9 |
12.4 |
11.3 |
9.2 |
7.5 |
6.7 |
4.0 |
Foreign-born who are Swedish citizens |
818 574 |
799 876 |
781 935 |
764 964 |
745 711 |
711 906 |
609 189 |
398 534 |
|
|
|
|
Proportion foreign-born who are Swedish citizens in % |
59.1 |
59.8 |
61.0 |
62.3 |
63.5 |
63.2 |
60.7 |
50.4 |
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|
|
Swedish-born with two foreign-born parents |
412 960 |
395 948 |
379 422 |
364 606 |
350 977 |
337 568 |
284 449 |
|
|
|
|
Proportion foreign background in % [3] |
19.1 |
18.6 |
17.9 |
17.3 |
16.7 |
16.2 |
14.5 |
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|
|
|
|
|
115 641 |
111 801 |
109 301 |
107 421 |
105 913 |
101 346 |
90 441 |
123 938 |
97 064 |
110 150 |
102 219 |
|
Crude birth rate (per 1000) |
12.3 |
12.0 |
11.9 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
11.2 |
10.2 |
14.5 |
11.7 |
13.7 |
13.7 |
|
|
1.98 |
1.94 |
1.91 |
1.88 |
1.85 |
1.77 |
1.55 |
2.14 |
1.68 |
1.94 |
2.13 |
|
|
90 487 |
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) |
9.6 |
9.7 |
9.9 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
10.2 |
10.5 |
11.1 |
11.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
|
Life expectancy, men |
79.5 |
79.4 |
79.10 |
78.94 |
78.70 |
78.42 |
77.38 |
74.81 |
72.76 |
72.20 |
71.24 |
|
Life expectancy, women |
83.5 |
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) |
2.54 |
2.49 |
2.49 |
2.49 |
2.80 |
2.43 |
3.42 |
5.96 |
6.91 |
11.00 |
16.62 |
|
|
98 801 |
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) |
10.6 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
10.9 |
10.6 |
7.2 |
6.6 |
7.0 |
4.7 |
9.6 |
3.5 |
|
|
48 853 |
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) |
5.2 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
2.0 |
|
|
74 888 |
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) |
8.0 |
9.1 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
4.0 |
2.4 |
7.5 |
1.8 |
9.5 |
4.8 |
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|
50 730 |
48 033 |
50 332 |
47 898 |
45 551 |
44 381 |
39 895 |
40 477 |
37 569 |
43 278 |
50 149 |
|
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23 593 |
22 211 |
21 377 |
20 669 |
20 295 |
20 000 |
21 502 |
19 357 |
19 887 |
12 943 |
9 563 |
Registered partnership [7] |
. |
148 |
814 |
650 |
660 |
593 |
357 |
|
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|
|
Deregistered partnership [8] |
223 |
224 |
181 |
189 |
201 |
134 |
101 |
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Granted Swedish citizenship |
32 457 |
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. Source after 1990: The Household's Finances Survey.
2. Persons with dual citizenship, of which one is Swedish, are not counted.
3. Foreign background include foreign-born and swedish-born with two foreign-born parents.
4. Since 2004, the total fertility rate (TFR) is calculated for individual years. Previously, the TFR was calculated for age groups of 5 years.
5. From 1 May 2009 onwards including same-sex marriages and partnerships switched to marriages.
6. From 1 May 2009 onwards including divorces between persons in same-sex marriages.
7. Number of partners who registered partnership. From 1 May 2009 onwards it is not possible to register partnership in Sweden.
8. Number of partners who deregistered their partnership.
In Sweden there are 1,385,000 people who are foreign-born yet merely 633,000 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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