Population — national citizens

In 2012, Sweden's population increased by 0.5% compared to 2011, reaching 8,827,755.

Sweden ranks 13th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.4% (from 8,621,261 in 2007).

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