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.

 
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
Household units
[1]
  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
Foreign citizens
[2]
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
Foreign-born
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      
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        
Births
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
Total fertility rate [4]
1.98 1.94 1.91 1.88 1.85 1.77 1.55 2.14 1.68 1.94 2.13
Deaths
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
In-migration
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
Out-migration
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
Population growth
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
Marriages
[5]
50 730 48 033 50 332 47 898 45 551 44 381 39 895 40 477 37 569 43 278 50 149
Divorces
[6]
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        
Deregistered partnership
[8]
223 224 181 189 201 134 101        
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.

Source: SCB

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Comments

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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