Sweden - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Sweden was 25.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.42 in 2020 and a minimum value of 18.33 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1961 18.33
1962 18.43
1963 18.53
1964 18.67
1965 18.85
1966 19.03
1967 19.17
1968 19.28
1969 19.42
1970 19.60
1971 19.74
1972 19.79
1973 19.83
1974 19.89
1975 19.97
1976 20.04
1977 20.11
1978 20.17
1979 20.21
1980 20.25
1981 20.28
1982 20.29
1983 20.30
1984 20.32
1985 20.35
1986 20.40
1987 20.47
1988 20.56
1989 20.70
1990 20.86
1991 21.00
1992 21.12
1993 21.25
1994 21.40
1995 21.51
1996 21.55
1997 21.56
1998 21.57
1999 21.59
2000 21.62
2001 21.68
2002 21.75
2003 21.83
2004 21.92
2005 22.01
2006 22.13
2007 22.29
2008 22.47
2009 22.66
2010 22.85
2011 23.03
2012 23.37
2013 23.57
2014 23.81
2015 24.06
2016 24.36
2017 24.69
2018 24.98
2019 25.24
2020 25.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization