In 2024, approximately ******* people lived in Stockholm, making it not only the capital, but also the biggest city in Sweden. The second biggest city, Gothenburg (Göteborg) had about half as many inhabitants, with about ******* people. Move to the citySweden is a country with a very high urbanization rate, the likes of which is usually only seen in countries with large uninhabitable areas, such as Australia, or in nations with very little rural landscape and agrarian structures, like Cuba. So why do so few Swedes live in rural areas, even though based on total area, the country is one of the largest in Europe? The total population figures are the answer to this question, as Sweden has only about 10.3 million inhabitants as of 2018 – that’s only 25 inhabitants per square kilometer. Rural exodus or just par for the course?It is no mystery why most Swedes flock to the cities: Jobs, of course. Over 65 percent of Sweden’s gross domestic product is generated by the services sector, and agriculture only contributes about one percent to the GDP. Employment mirrors this, with 80 percent of the workforce being deployed in services, namely in foreign trade, telecommunications, and manufacturing, among other industries.

Sweden SE: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 17.703 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 17.683 % for 2016. Sweden SE: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 15.683 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.703 % in 2017 and a record low of 14.346 % in 1981. Sweden SE: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted average;

This dataset is about cities in Sweden. It has 106 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and population.

Of the total population in Sweden of 10.55 million people, around half resided in the counties Stockholm, Västra Götaland or Skåne. This is also the three counties where the three largest cities in Sweden, Stockholm, Göteborg, and Malmö, are located. In the capital region Stockholm county, there lived nearly 2.5 million inhabitants in 2023. Västra Götaland county had close to 1.8 million inhabitants, while Skåne county, the southernmost region, had roughly 1.4 million inhabitants. The island Gotland had the lowest number of inhabitants with only 60,000.

The highest population density

Stockholm, Skåne and Västra Götaland were also the three counties in Sweden with the highest population density. In 2022, 374.6 inhabitants per square kilometer lived in Stockholm county, while the corresponding figures for Skåne and Västra Götaland were 129 and 73.9, respectively.

The highest rents

Unsurprisingly. Stockholm county is the county in Sweden with the highest rents for rented dwellings, with average prices for one square meter amounting to over 1,400 Swedish kronor in 2022. The lowest average renting prices were in the northwestern region Jämtland, one square meter costing 1,000 Swedish kronor.

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Sweden was reported at 18.28 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Sweden SE: Population in Largest City data was reported at 1,553,180.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,523,953.000 Person for 2016. Sweden SE: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 1,058,018.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,553,180.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 804,595.000 Person in 1960. Sweden SE: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

The share of urban population in Sweden was 88.74 percent in 2023. Between 1960 and 2023, the share rose by 16.25 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

The database FOLKNET contains information about the population in Sweden’s parishes, cities and municipalities according to the geographical division around 1990, every ten years during the period 1810–1990.

The data has been collected by Christian Svärd, and the Demographic Data Base has digitized the information. The information has mainly been taken from Statistics Sweden’s historical publications. Additional data have been collected from the population forms of the database TABVERK.

The database POPULATION is freely available from the home page of the Demographic Data Base.

Stockholm is the Capital of Sweden and in 2023, close to 985,000 people lived in the municipality. Since 2010, the population there has been growing consistently. While more people are moving to Stockholm, the city area is not growing at the same speed, leading the population density to increase as well. Forecasts for the city expect continuous growth of population over the next forty years.

Economy

In Stockholm, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita was around 734,000 Swedish kronor in 2021. That was much higher than the average GDP per capita in all of Sweden with around 517,000 SEK in 2021. Though it must be noted that living costs are very high in the city and have been increasing in the last years. For example, the average rent per square meter in Stockholm has been rising every single year.

Employment A high majority of people living in Stockholm have a workplace. The employment rate in Stockholm is at 73.6 percent as of 2021.  The sector with the highest number of employees in Stockholm is professional, scientific, technical, and administrative activities, followed by wholesale and retail trade.

Urban population (% of total population) in Sweden was reported at 88.98 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Urban population (% of total) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Stockholm, Sweden metro area from 1950 to 2025.

This horizontal bar chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Sweden. The data is about countries per year.

This dataset was developed for studies of the population history of sixteenth-century Sweden, including its social and occupational structures, on national and local levels. The aim was to be able to study annual change on both national and local levels. The data may be used for further historical studies regarding these issues, especially on the local level (e.g., concerning royal estates, institutions, and towns), and for comparative histories of medieval and early modern population, agrarian, and economic change.

The dataset contains information from cadastres, accounts, wage lists and taxation registres. They contain the number of cadastral farms (including ownership status), the number of cottagers, craftsmen, and servants, division of farms, the number of employees at crown, church, and nobility estates, castles, hospitals, shipyards, metal industries etc., the number of people living in towns. All occupational titles are includes (from wage registres and from subsidy taxation records of 1535, 1571, and 1599–1600). The collection also includes the royal courts, as well as all nobility manors. The dataset includes calculations of the population of Sweden for each year 1530–1600 on the level of the hundred and the province, as well as calculations of the degree of urbanisation, the population share employed at crown and nobility estates, the population share that was cottagers, and the number of male servants in husbandry.

For a more detailed overview, please see the README file, as well as the main publication of the project (M. Andersson, A population history of sixteenth-century Sweden, Uppsala 2025). The manuscript sources for the database are listed below.

Riksarkivet (RA, Swedish National Archives), Stockholm Acta angående ridderskapet och adeln, vol. 14–17 Älvsborgs lösen 1571 Arv och eget Bååtska familjepapper, E 3388 Bergsbruk: Salbergets räkenskaper Bielkesamlingen, E 1991–1992 Blå nummer 690 Diplomatica Danica 730 Fogdarnas räkenskaper Furstendömenas räntekammare Gärder och hjälper 1535 Hogenskild Bielkes samling, E 1982–1984 Kammarkollegiets ämnessamlingar: Adeln och dess gods Kammarkollegiets ämnessamlingar: Bergsbruk Kammarkollegiets ämnessamlingar: Kyrkors, skolors och hospitals akter Kammarkollegiets ämnessamlingar: Slott och gårdar Kammarkollegiets ämnessamlingar: Städers akter Kungliga arkiv (K) Landskapshandlingar Landskapshandlingar: supplement Leijonhufvudska samlingen, E 4587 Lokala tullräkenskaper, vol. 439 Oxenstiernska samlingen, E 517–518, 520 Prostarnas tionderäkenskaper Provianträkenskaper Räntekammarböcker Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar: Bergverken Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar: Städers acta Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar: Topographica Rydboholmssamlingen, E 7446 Röda nummer Rosenbladska samlingen, vol. 3 Sandbergska samlingen Silverskatten 1560 Skeppsgårdshandlingar Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Brudskatten 1563 Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Brudskatten 1579 Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Förläningsregister Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Handlingar angående bördsrättsköpen under Johan III:s tid Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Köpsilverskatten 1573 Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Länsregister Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Löningsregister Strödda räkenskaper och handlingar t o m 1630: Silverskatten 1569 Strödda äldre räkenskaper, ny serie: Gärderäkenskaper Strödda äldre räkenskaper, ny serie: Mantalsregister Strödda äldre räkenskaper, ny serie: Oxregister Strödda kamerala handlingar Strödda militiehandlingar före 1631, C 1 Wijksamlingen, E 2741 Krigsarkivet (KrA), Stockholm Militieräkningar Slottsarkivet, Stockholm Hovförtäringsräkenskaper: Furstliga personers hovförtäringsräkenskaper

Landsarkivet i Göteborg (GLA) Ulricehamns rådhusrätt och magistrat, AIa:1

Landsarkivet i Härnösand (HLA) Västernorrlands landskontor, GIIIa:1

Landsarkivet i Vadstena (VLA) Vadstena rådhusrätt och magistrat, HV:1

Stockholms stadsarkiv (SSA) Borgmästare och råds arkiv före 1636, serie G

Kungliga biblioteket (KB) X 953 (Räkenskapsbok från Vreta kloster)  Uppsala universitetsbibliotek (UUB) X 265g–h (Papper rörande släkten Gera)

Lunds universitetsbibliotek (LUB) de la Gardiesamlingen: Topographica

Linköpings stiftsbibliotek N 28 (Joen Petri Klints järteckensbok)

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Malmo, Sweden metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Until 2070, the growth of the Swedish-born population in the City of Stockholm is estimated to remain relatively stable, while that of foreign-born citizens is forecast to slow somewhat. By 2070, the Swedish capital is expected to have a total of **** million inhabitants, of which ******* were born in Sweden and ******* born abroad.

This is a dataset showing the political boundaries in Sweden. each province has information about area and Population. This data was found online at: http://www.vdstech.com/map_data.htm

Demographic statistics — DESO is a nationwide classification created by Statistics Sweden that entered into force in January 2018. DESO divides Sweden into 5,984 areas with between 700 and 2,700 inhabitants at the start. The division follows the county and municipal boundaries.

DESO does not have names or names, but is described with a code with nine unique positions. The first four consist of the county and municipality code and point out the county and the municipality in which the area is located.

The fifth position indicates the category in which the area belongs to A, B or C. A is areas that are mostly outside larger population concentrations or agglomerations. B are areas that are mostly located in population concentrations or agglomerations but are not a central city. Category C is the areas that are mostly located in the municipality’s central city.

The following three positions consist of a sequential number that sorts the areas geographically. This sorting is based on the categories and starts in the south and continues north. The last position is a reserve location that will be used in case a DESO in the future needs to be split. A DESO can only occur in one place.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Goteborg, Sweden metro area from 1950 to 2025.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the New Sweden town household income by age. The dataset can be utilized to understand the age-based income distribution of New Sweden town income.

Content

The dataset will have the following datasets when applicable

Please note: The 2020 1-Year ACS estimates data was not reported by the Census Bureau due to the impact on survey collection and analysis caused by COVID-19. Consequently, median household income data for 2020 is unavailable for large cities (population 65,000 and above).

• New Sweden, Maine annual median income by age groups dataset (in 2022 inflation-adjusted dollars)
• Age-wise distribution of New Sweden, Maine household incomes: Comparative analysis across 16 income brackets

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Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

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About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Sweden town median household income by race. The dataset can be utilized to understand the racial distribution of Sweden town income.

Content

The dataset will have the following datasets when applicable

Please note: The 2020 1-Year ACS estimates data was not reported by the Census Bureau due to the impact on survey collection and analysis caused by COVID-19. Consequently, median household income data for 2020 is unavailable for large cities (population 65,000 and above).

• Sweden, Maine median household income breakdown by race betwen 2011 and 2021
• Median Household Income by Racial Categories in Sweden, Maine (2021, in 2022 inflation-adjusted dollars)

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Interested in deeper insights and visual analysis?

Explore our comprehensive data analysis and visual representations for a deeper understanding of Sweden town median household income by race. You can refer the same here