Sweden

Sweden, formal name: the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Sweden	450,503.6 km²
Population	9.7 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+19.5%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+10.3%
Timezone	Central European Summer Time

Map of Sweden

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	8,075,160	8,439,930	8,750,094	9,650,781
Population Density	17.9 / km²	18.7 / km²	19.4 / km²	21.4 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
0	194,621	n/a	n/a
100	214,078	1%	1,945
200	233,542	0.9%	1,946
300	253,006	0.8%	1,946
400	272,471	0.7%	1,946
500	291,935	0.7%	1,946
600	311,400	0.6%	1,946
700	330,864	0.6%	1,946
800	350,328	0.6%	1,946
900	369,798	0.5%	1,947
1000	389,268	0.5%	1,947
1100	457,462	1.6%	6,819
1200	525,655	1.4%	6,819
1300	1,070,121	7.4%	54,446
1400	421,975	-8.9%	-64,814
1500	494,466	1.6%	7,249
1600	745,973	4.2%	25,150
1700	1,331,412	6%	58,543
1800	2,302,985	5.6%	97,157
1900	5,035,037	8.1%	273,205
1910	5,417,797	7.6%	382,760
1920	5,702,180	5.2%	284,383
1930	6,055,447	6.2%	353,267
1940	6,283,574	3.8%	228,127
1950	6,956,278	10.7%	672,704
1960	7,404,104	6.4%	447,826
1970	7,937,677	7.2%	533,573
1990	8,439,930	3.1%	251,126
2000	8,750,094	3.7%	310,164
2020	10,049,329	7.2%	649,617
2030	10,837,735	7.8%	788,406
2040	11,550,052	6.6%	712,317
2050	12,343,919	6.9%	793,867
2060	13,147,961	6.5%	804,042
2070	13,809,708	5%	661,747
2080	14,366,872	4%	557,164
2090	14,762,302	2.8%	395,430
2100	14,934,492	1.2%	172,190

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Counties in Sweden

Counties in Sweden

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Blekinge County	3,032.1 km²	150,390	128.5 / mi²
Dalarna County	30,397.5 km²	277,627	23.7 / mi²
Gotland County	3,178 km²	55,586	45.3 / mi²
Gävleborg County	19,716.2 km²	270,558	35.5 / mi²
Halland County	5,757.8 km²	308,163	138.6 / mi²
Jämtland County	54,084.1 km²	125,886	6.03 / mi²
Jönköping County	11,749.7 km²	342,960	75.6 / mi²
Kalmar County	11,671.9 km²	228,095	50.6 / mi²
Kronoberg county	9,425.7 km²	189,218	52.0 / mi²
Norrbotten County	105,892.1 km²	240,043	5.87 / mi²
Skåne County	11,363.9 km²	1.3 million	298.0 / mi²
Stockholm County	7,420.4 km²	2.2 million	773.7 / mi²
Södermanland County	7,042.7 km²	277,399	102.0 / mi²
Uppsala County	8,610.4 km²	352,821	106.1 / mi²
Värmland County	21,918.1 km²	273,052	32.3 / mi²
Västerbotten County	59,228.2 km²	258,676	11.3 / mi²
Västernorrland County	23,132.2 km²	233,368	26.1 / mi²
Västmanland County	5,689.4 km²	256,876	116.9 / mi²
Västra Götaland County	29,233.9 km²	1.6 million	142.5 / mi²
Örebro County	9,687 km²	286,140	76.5 / mi²
Östergötland County	12,382 km²	441,448	92.3 / mi²

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