Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2024, Sweden's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 0.3% compared to 2023, reaching 5,312,519.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 219,814,111.

Sweden ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.3% (from 5,142,438 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_pjan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.