World Factbook
Sweden
Konungariket Sverige
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
note
note: Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages
Languages
Swedish (official)
major-language sample(s)
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Religions
Church of Sweden (Lutheran) 53.9%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 8.9%, none or unspecified 37.2% (2021 est.)
note: estimates reflect registered members of faith communities eligible for state funding (not all religions are state-funded and not all people who identify with a particular religion are registered members) and the Church of Sweden
Sex ratio
at birth
1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.05 male(s)/female
total population
1.01 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.88 male(s)/female
Birth rate
10.56 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
9.63 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
40.1 years
total
41.2 years (2025 est.)
female
42.1 years
Population
male
5,360,755
total
10,643,745 (2025 est.)
female
5,282,990
Nationality
noun
Swede(s)
adjective
Swedish
Tobacco use
male
25.8% (2025 est.)
total
19.9% (2025 est.)
female
13.9% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
88.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
17.1% (male 934,668/female 880,310)
15-64 years
62.1% (male 3,365,754/female 3,208,248)
65 years and over
20.8% (2024 est.) (male 1,032,279/female 1,168,576)
Ethnic groups
Swedish 79.6%, Syrian 1.9%, Iraqi 1.4%, Finnish 1.3%, other 15.8% (2022 est.)
note: data represent the population by country of birth; the indigenous Sami people are estimated to number between 20,000 and 40,000
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
60.9 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
27.3 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
3 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
33.6 (2025 est.)
Physician density
4.41 physicians/1,000 population (2021)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
10.7% of GDP (2022)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
19% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
4.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
2 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.66 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 99.6% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 99.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 99.8% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0.4% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0.2% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
7.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
15.3% national budget (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
total
2.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
2 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
0.51% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.8 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
most of the population lives in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found along the Baltic coast in the east; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated
Life expectancy at birth
male
81.2 years
female
84.7 years
total population
82.9 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 99.5% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 99.6% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 99.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0.5% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0.4% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0.4% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
2.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
3.4 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
7.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.700 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
20.6% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.7 years (2020 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
53.6% (2023 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
17 years (2023 est.)
total
19 years (2023 est.)
female
20 years (2023 est.)