Sweden - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Sweden was 9,108,648 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,108,648 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5,425,627 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 5,425,627
1961 5,511,783
1962 5,616,067
1963 5,720,204
1964 5,834,351
1965 5,959,398
1966 6,083,367
1967 6,194,186
1968 6,291,760
1969 6,397,326
1970 6,517,403
1971 6,605,244
1972 6,651,027
1973 6,688,293
1974 6,733,350
1975 6,777,603
1976 6,808,217
1977 6,838,299
1978 6,864,113
1979 6,885,080
1980 6,904,971
1981 6,914,338
1982 6,918,294
1983 6,921,426
1984 6,927,719
1985 6,939,171
1986 6,955,328
1987 6,978,575
1988 7,010,722
1989 7,057,653
1990 7,112,392
1991 7,170,001
1992 7,225,787
1993 7,281,393
1994 7,346,937
1995 7,399,093
1996 7,418,835
1997 7,425,561
1998 7,432,163
1999 7,440,437
2000 7,454,878
2001 7,478,923
2002 7,508,835
2003 7,542,470
2004 7,577,769
2005 7,613,645
2006 7,666,670
2007 7,738,188
2008 7,813,274
2009 7,894,625
2010 7,976,659
2011 8,059,895
2012 8,150,488
2013 8,250,182
2014 8,362,604
2015 8,481,489
2016 8,618,398
2017 8,764,881
2018 8,896,291
2019 9,015,406
2020 9,108,648

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Sweden was 87.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.98 in 2020, while its lowest value was 72.49 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 72.49
1961 73.30
1962 74.27
1963 75.22
1964 76.15
1965 77.06
1966 77.91
1967 78.73
1968 79.52
1969 80.29
1970 81.03
1971 81.56
1972 81.89
1973 82.20
1974 82.52
1975 82.73
1976 82.80
1977 82.87
1978 82.94
1979 83.02
1980 83.09
1981 83.10
1982 83.10
1983 83.10
1984 83.10
1985 83.10
1986 83.10
1987 83.10
1988 83.10
1989 83.10
1990 83.10
1991 83.20
1992 83.36
1993 83.52
1994 83.67
1995 83.82
1996 83.91
1997 83.94
1998 83.97
1999 84.00
2000 84.03
2001 84.07
2002 84.13
2003 84.20
2004 84.26
2005 84.32
2006 84.43
2007 84.59
2008 84.75
2009 84.90
2010 85.06
2011 85.30
2012 85.62
2013 85.94
2014 86.25
2015 86.55
2016 86.85
2017 87.15
2018 87.43
2019 87.71
2020 87.98

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization