| Population | 10,261,767 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Swede(s) adjective: Swedish |
| Ethnic groups | Swedish 80.3%, Syrian 1.9%, Iraqi 1.4%, Finnish 1.4%, other 15% (2020 est.)note: data represent the population by country of birth; the indigenous Sami people are estimated to number between 20,000 and 40,000 |
| Languages | Swedish (official) major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, den obestridliga källan för grundläggande information. (Swedish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. note: Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages |
| Religions | Church of Sweden (Lutheran) 57.6%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 8.9%, none or unspecified 33.5% (2019 est.) note: estimates reflect registered members of faith communities eligible for state funding (not all religions are state-funded and not all people who identify with a particular religion are registered members) and the Church of Sweden |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.71% (male 928,413/female 878,028) 15-24 years: 10.8% (male 569,082/female 532,492) 25-54 years: 39.01% (male 2,016,991/female 1,962,617) 55-64 years: 11.9% (male 610,521/female 603,795) 65 years and over: 20.59% (male 974,410/female 1,126,142) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 61.2 youth dependency ratio: 28.4 elderly dependency ratio: 32.8 potential support ratio: 3.1 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 41.1 years male: 40.1 years female: 42.1 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.74% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 11.93 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 4.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | most Swedes live in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found all along the Baltic coast in the east; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated |
| Urbanization | urban population: 88.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 1.657 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.5 years (2019 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 2.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.6 years male: 80.61 years female: 84.7 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.86 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 70.3% (2017) note: percent of women aged 16-49 |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 10.9% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2016) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 11,000 (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 20.6% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 7.6% of GDP (2017) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 20 years male: 19 years female: 21 years (2018) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
