Population — national citizens

In 2008, Sweden's population increased by 0.4% compared to 2007, reaching 8,658,439.

Sweden ranks 11th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.3% (from 8,466,689 in 2003).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.