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Sweden — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Sweden, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.25%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -46.0% since 1961
Population growth for Sweden was 0.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.35% in 2017. The lowest was 0.05% in 1983 (about 5.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.96% per year.
Sweden ranks 157 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Sweden sits below it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 81% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 76%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.25%
First (1961)
0.47%
Change
-46.0%
Highest
1.35%
in 2017
Lowest
0.05%
in 1983
Average
0.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.96%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.25% |
| 2024 | 0.31% |
| 2023 | 0.47% |
| 2022 | 0.68% |
| 2021 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.72% |
| 2019 | 1.01% |
| 2018 | 1.16% |
| 2017 | 1.35% |
| 2016 | 1.26% |
| 2015 | 1.06% |
| 2014 | 0.99% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.