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.

People between 25 and 34 years made up the largest age group in the Swedish Capital of Stockholm in 2022. There were nearly 180,000 people of this age living in the city. 35 to 44-year-old people made up the second largest age group. In total, there were 984,748 people living in Stockholm that year.

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

Among the regions in Sweden, the the capital region Stockholm county had the highest population density in 2022, with 374.6 inhabitants per square kilometers. In 2021, more than 2.4 million people lived in Stockholm. In terms of highest population density, Stockholm county was followed by Skåne, with 129 inhabitants per square kilometer. The least populated county was Norrbotten, with only 2.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Increasing population density

The population in Sweden is increasing steadily and reached 10.52 million inhabitants in 2022. Because of the growing population, the population density in Sweden increased as well over the past 10 years. In 2012, there were 23.4 inhabitants per square kilometer and in 2022 the number had increased to 25.8. Despite this, Sweden is a relatively sparsely populated country.

Highest rent per square meter in Stockholm

As the most densely populated county, the rents for rented dwellings in Stockholm were higher than in Sweden’s other counties. In 2020, the average rent per square meter in Stockholm county amounted to almost 1,300 Swedish kronor, while the rent in Norrbotten, the least populated county, reached an average of 999 Swedish kronor per square meter.

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.

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: No - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: no - Households: Persons belonging to the same consumption unit - Group quarters: Yes

Universe

All persons present in the parish book and persons residing in institutions

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Statistics Sweden

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 5200111.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Information on SweCens project available

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

In Sweden, the censuses were taken by vicars and parish priests who made extracts from the already existing parish books. The parish books were updated continuously by the vicar or parish priest. They kept track of persons, families and households, their birth, marriage, death, and recorded whenever a person moved within or between parishes. The priest also recorded a person's attendance to the church examinations, their knowledge in the Christian teachings, ability to read and write and many other things. The parish books were kept in all of Sweden except in the city of Stockholm where the censuses were based on the tax census. The directors or governing boards of institutions were responsible for compiling information on persons living in prisons, hospitals, asylumns, nursing homes, institutions for disabled persons, and other institutions.

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)

The population density in Stockholm increased steadily since 2010, reaching ***** inhabitants per square kilometer in 2022. This corresponds with the constant population growth in the city during the same period.

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwellings

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: yes - Vacant Units: No - Households: yes - Individuals: yes - Group quarters: yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: no - Households: Persons belonging to the same consumption unit - Group quarters: Yes

Universe

All persons present in the parish book

Kind of data

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Statistics Sweden

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 5586360.

SAMPLE DESIGN: Information on SweCens project available

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

In Sweden, the censuses were taken by vicars and parish priests who made extracts from the already existing parish books. The parish books were updated continuously by the vicar or parish priest. They kept track of persons, families and households, their birth, marriage, death, and recorded whenever a person moved within or between parishes. The priest also recorded a person's attendance to the church examinations, their knowledge in the Christian teachings, ability to read and write and many other things. The parish books were kept in all of Sweden except in the city of Stockholm where the censuses were based on the tax census.

aP values were for the test of differences between men and women.bThere were 32 subjects with missing value.SNAC-K, Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden; SD, Standard deviation.Demographic characteristics of SNAC-K participants by sex.

The population density in Sweden increased over the past 10 years, reaching 25.9 inhabitants per square kilometer in 2023. During that year, the population of Sweden reached 10.55 million.

Stockholm county had the highest population density

Sweden consists of 21 counties, administrative regions that primarily control public healthcare, public transport, and culture within the county. Among these, the most populated county is the capital region, Stockholm county, with a population density of 375 inhabitants per square kilometer in 2022. Stockholm county is followed by Skåne, with 129 inhabitants per square kilometer. The least populated county is Norrbotten, with only 2.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Land area of the Scandinavian countries

Though the population density in Sweden is increasing, the country still has a lot of surface area compared to its population. Of the Scandinavian countries, Sweden is the largest with a land area of over 447,000 square kilometers, but Norway is larger if the islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are taken into account.

There were more women than men living in the Swedish Capital of Stockholm between 2010 and 2022. In 2022, there were 496,000 women and 488,000 men living in the city. In total, Stockholm had 984,748 inhabitants that year.

Background: Homeless people are a socially excluded group whose health reflects exposures to intersecting social determinants of health. The aim of this study was to describe and compare the demographic composition, certain social determinants of health, and self-reported health among homeless people in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2006 and 2018.Methods: Analysis of data from face-to-face interviews with homeless people in Stockholm 2006 (n = 155) and 2018 (n = 148), based on a public health survey questionnaire adapted to the group, including the EQ-5D-3L instrument. The chi-squared test was employed to test for statistical significance between groups and the independent t-test for comparison of mean scores and values. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, with Robust Standard Errors (RSE) was performed on merged 2006 and 2018 data with mean observed EQ VAS score as outcome variable.Results: In 2018 more homeless people originated from countries outside Europe, had temporary social assistance than long-term social insurance, compared to in 2006. In 2018 more respondents reported lack of social support, exposure to violence, and refrained from seeking health care because of economic reasons. Daily smoking, binge drinking, and use of narcotic drugs was lower 2018 than 2006. In 2018 a higher proportion reported problems in the EQ-5D-3L dimensions, the mean TTO index value and the VAS index value was significantly lower than in 2006. In the regression analysis of merged data there was no significant difference between the years.Conclusions: Homeless people are an extremely disadvantaged group, have high rates of illness and disease and report poor health in all EQ-5D-3L dimensions. The EQ VAS score among the homeless people in 2018 is comparable to the score among persons aged 95–104 years in the general Swedish population 2017. The EQ-5D-3L instrument was easily administered to this group, its use allows comparison with larger population groups. Efforts are needed regarding housing, but also intensified collaboration by public authorities with responsibilities for homeless people's health and social welfare. Further studies should evaluate the impact of such efforts by health and social care services on the health and well-being of homeless people.

Sweden Tax Base: per Individual: Stockholm data was reported at 228,115.000 SEK in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 222,589.000 SEK for 2015. Sweden Tax Base: per Individual: Stockholm data is updated yearly, averaging 168,271.000 SEK from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2016, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 228,115.000 SEK in 2016 and a record low of 109,321.000 SEK in 1995. Sweden Tax Base: per Individual: Stockholm data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Sweden. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.F004: Tax Capacities: by County.

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Sweden Number of Bed Places: Stockholm data was reported at 79,601.000 Unit in Dec 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 80,183.000 Unit for Nov 2021. Sweden Number of Bed Places: Stockholm data is updated monthly, averaging 37,323.500 Unit from Jan 1978 (Median) to Dec 2021, with 528 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 80,183.000 Unit in Nov 2021 and a record low of 12,489.000 Unit in Dec 1979. Sweden Number of Bed Places: Stockholm data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Sweden. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.Q004: No of Bed Places (Discontinued).

The KP is a study on elderly people living in a parish of Stockholm, Sweden. The study uses a longitudinal approach with the principal purpose of determining the natural history of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The study population consists of all inhabitants of the Kungsholmen area in Stockholm, aged 75 years and above in October, 1987, who were born in 1912 or before. People living in institutions were included. The total number of participants at baseline was 2,368, consisting of 568 males and 1,800 females.

STHLM0 is a population-based registry that was developed to collect demographic, clinical, and patient-outcomes information in Stockholm, Sweden. STHLM0 includes approximately 550,000 men (as of December 2021) who have undertaken prostate cancer diagnostic testing in Stockholm since 2003, regardless of the outcome of testing, with a total of 2,777,183 prostate cancer tests recorded. Records are updated annually in December. Once participants are automatically entered into STHLM0, they are provided with follow-ups, at no specific intervals, as frequency is based on the laboratories and registries linked. The continuation of this registry has been marked as endless.

The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research centre conducts a population study and a health care system study. (Metadata related to the main study SNAC and the other participating areas can be found under the Related studies tab).

SNAC-K Kungsholmen SNAC-K is conducted by the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center in collaboration with Aging Research Center (ARC), Karolinska Institutet.

SNAC-K population study: The population study consists of a clinical examination of persons over 60 years, who live in the area of Kungsholmen/Essingeöarna. The baseline data collection includes information on present status and past events. The information has been collected through interviews, clinical examinations, and testing. All staff (nurses, psychologists, and physicians) has been trained for data collection. Each subject has been examined for six hours on average; two hours for the social interview and the assessment of physical functioning (performed by a nurse); two hours for clinical examination, including geriatric, neurological and psychiatric assessment (performed by a physician); and two hours for cognitive assessment (performed by a psychologist).

SNAC-K care system study: The care system data collection consists of continuous recording of the provision of public eldercare for persons over 65 years. For 2004-2020, data comprise all recipients of municipal eldercare in the district of Kungsholmen. Starting in 2015, data comprise all recipients of municipal eldercare in the whole municipality of Stockholm. Data are based on individual assessments made by the municipal need assessors for each decicison regarding the provision of eldercare services. Data include information about the type and amount of care and services granted, as well as information on need indicators (e.g., disability,physical function, cognitive impairment, mental health, living situation, housing). For specific research questions, data from the care system study can be complemented with register data on health care consumption provided by the Region of Stockholm (VAL-databas). The care system perspective and the population perspective are joined through those elderly persons who participate in both parts of the study.

Purpose:

Population study: The purpose is to study the transition from normal aging to morbidity and impaired functional ability by identify how social and biological factors, and the environment, affect older people's health, functional ability and life expectancy. The intention is to study the positive and negative events in life that may be relevant to aging.

Care system study: The aim of SNAC-K care system study is to continuously monitor the allocation of public eldercare in relation to need indicators. Collected data can be used as a basis for planning, resource allocation and evaluation of the provision of eldercare services and health care among older adults. Available data can also be used in research and development around the issues of the provision of social and heath care. The connection to the SNAC-K population study gives a unique opportunity for comparisons between care recipients and non-recipients.

At the baseline study, in 2001-2004, 1581 individuals aged 78 year or older participated. The population was followed up in 2004-2007 (992 participants), in 2007-2009 (662 participants), and in 2010-2012 (418 participants). Further follow-up is ongoing in 2013-2015.

For more information please visit: https://www.snac-k.se/for-researchers/data-description/ https://www.snac-k.se/for-researchers/code-books/