Summary of Population Statistics 1960 - 2011
* 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.
| | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2000 | 1990 | 1980 | 1970 | 1960 |
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Population on 31 December | 9 482 855 | 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 | 4 726 834 | 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 | 4 756 021 | 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 | 1 919 206 | 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 | 20.2 | 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 | 1 784 668 | 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 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 13.8 | 11.8 |
| | 4 660 000 | 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 | | 2.02 | 2.03 | 1.97 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 2.00 | 2.01 | 2.14 | 2.32 | 2.59 | 2.84 |
| 655 100 | 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 % | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 2.5 |
| 1 427 296 | 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 % | 15.1 | 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 | 841 179 | 818 574 | 799 876 | 781 935 | 764 964 | 745 711 | 711 906 | 609 189 | 398 534 | | | |
Proportion foreign-born who are Swedish citizens in % | 58.9 | 59.1 | 59.8 | 61.0 | 62.3 | 63.5 | 63.2 | 60.7 | 50.4 | | | |
Swedish-born with two foreign-born parents | 430 253 | 412 960 | 395 948 | 379 422 | 364 606 | 350 977 | 337 568 | 284 449 | | | | |
Proportion foreign background in % [3] | 19.6 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.5 | | | | |
| 111 770 | 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) | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| 1.90 | 1.98 | 1.94 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.85 | 1.77 | 1.55 | 2.14 | 1.68 | 1.94 | 2.17 |
| 89 938 | 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) | 9.5 | 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 | 79.8 | 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 | 83.7 | 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) | 2.10 | 2.54 | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2.80 | 2.43 | 3.42 | 5.96 | 6.91 | 11.00 | 16.62 |
| 96 467 | 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) | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 9.6 | 3.5 |
| 51 179 | 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) | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.0 |
| 67 285 | 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) | 7.1 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 9.5 | 4.8 |
| 47 564 | 50 730 | 48 033 | 50 332 | 47 898 | 45 551 | 44 381 | 39 895 | 40 477 | 37 569 | 43 278 | 50 149 |
| 23 388 | 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] | 171 | 223 | 224 | 181 | 189 | 201 | 134 | 101 | | | | |
Granted Swedish citizenship | 36 634 | 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 1,427,000 people who are foreign-born yet merely 655,000 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.