Sweden People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
10,483,647 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Swede(s)
adjective: Swedish
Ethnic groups
Swedish 80.3%, Syrian 1.9%, Iraqi 1.4%, Finnish 1.4%, other 15%
(2020 est.)note: data represent the population by country of birth; the indigenous Sami people are estimated to number between 20,000 and 40,000
Languages
Swedish (official)
major-language sample(s):
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note: Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages
Religions
Church of Sweden (Lutheran) 57.6%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 8.9%, none or unspecified 33.5% (2019 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
Age structure
0-14 years: 17.71% (male 928,413/female 878,028)
15-24 years: 10.8% (male 569,082/female 532,492)
25-54 years: 39.01% (male 2,016,991/female 1,962,617)
55-64 years: 11.9% (male 610,521/female 603,795)
65 years and over: 20.59% (male 974,410/female 1,126,142) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 60.8
youth dependency ratio: 28.5
elderly dependency ratio: 32.3
potential support ratio: 3.1 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 41.1 years
male: 40.1 years
female: 42.1 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.5% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
10.83 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
9.46 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
3.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
most Swedes live in the south where the climate is milder and there is better connectivity to mainland Europe; population clusters are found all along the Baltic coast in the east; the interior areas of the north remain sparsely populated
Urbanization
urban population: 88.5% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 0.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.659 million STOCKHOLM (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.7 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.7 years
male: 80.94 years
female: 84.58 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.67 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
70.3% (2017)
note: percent of women aged 16-49
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 99.8% of population
rural: 99.7% of population
total: 99.8% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population
rural: 0.3% of population
total: 0.2% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
10.9% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
7.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
Hospital bed density
2.1 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
20.6% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 7.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 3.4 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 24% (2020 est.)
male: 29.8% (2020 est.)
female: 18.2% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
7.2% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 20 years
male: 18 years
female: 21 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 24.8%
male: 25.3%
female: 24.1% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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