Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Sweden

Population aged 15–64 in Sweden in 2025 — 6,610,247 people. Ranked 92 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 34.2%.

2025 6.61M people +0.44% vs 2024
World rank 92of 217
Period maximum 6.61M people2025
Period minimum 4.93M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Sweden, 1960–20254.5M5M5.5M6M6.5M7M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4,926,500 people1962: 5,015,377 people1964: 5,093,400 people1966: 5,169,417 people1968: 5,203,850 people1970: 5,266,893 people1972: 5,280,366 people1974: 5,259,066 people1976: 5,263,706 people1978: 5,285,917 people1980: 5,328,421 people1982: 5,367,759 people1984: 5,391,841 people1986: 5,396,456 people1988: 5,433,473 people1990: 5,502,089 people1992: 5,543,705 people1994: 5,593,896 people1996: 5,634,723 people1998: 5,659,741 people2000: 5,705,154 people2002: 5,775,874 people2004: 5,854,272 people2006: 5,951,852 people2008: 6,050,672 people2010: 6,106,870 people2012: 6,114,778 people2014: 6,139,307 people2016: 6,221,865 people2018: 6,346,978 people2020: 6,440,267 people2022: 6,519,659 people2024: 6,581,488 people2025: 6,610,247 people
Change over the period: +1.68M (+34.18%) Average annual rate: 0.45 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sweden

Sweden 6.61M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Northern Europe computed 69.53M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 6.61M +28,759 +0.44%
2024 6.58M +26,250 +0.4%
2023 6.56M +35,579 +0.55%
2022 6.52M +45,910 +0.71%
2021 6.47M +33,482 +0.52%
2020 6.44M +39,331 +0.61%
2019 6.4M +53,958 +0.85%
2018 6.35M +58,707 +0.93%
2017 6.29M +66,406 +1.07%
2016 6.22M +52,496 +0.85%
2015 6.17M +30,062 +0.49%
2014 6.14M +18,289 +0.3%
2013 6.12M +6,240 +0.1%
2012 6.11M +1,145 +0.02%
2011 6.11M +6,763 +0.11%
2010 6.11M +22,331 +0.37%
2009 6.08M +33,867 +0.56%
2008 6.05M +43,266 +0.72%
2007 6.01M +55,554 +0.93%
2006 5.95M +54,438 +0.92%
2005 5.9M +43,142 +0.74%
2004 5.85M +39,154 +0.67%
2003 5.82M +39,244 +0.68%
2002 5.78M +36,958 +0.64%
2001 5.74M +33,762 +0.59%
2000 5.71M +26,339 +0.46%
1999 5.68M +19,074 +0.34%
1998 5.66M +14,102 +0.25%
1997 5.65M +10,916 +0.19%
1996 5.63M +13,112 +0.23%
1995 5.62M +27,715 +0.5%
1994 5.59M +31,065 +0.56%
1993 5.56M +19,126 +0.35%
1992 5.54M +17,681 +0.32%
1991 5.53M +23,935 +0.44%
1990 5.5M +35,019 +0.64%
1989 5.47M +33,597 +0.62%
1988 5.43M +22,825 +0.42%
1987 5.41M +14,192 +0.26%
1986 5.4M +1,911 +0.04%
1985 5.39M +2,704 +0.05%
1984 5.39M +10,399 +0.19%
1983 5.38M +13,683 +0.25%
1982 5.37M +17,822 +0.33%
1981 5.35M +21,516 +0.4%
1980 5.33M +23,863 +0.45%
1979 5.3M +18,641 +0.35%
1978 5.29M +12,792 +0.24%
1977 5.27M +9,419 +0.18%
1976 5.26M +4,502 +0.09%
1975 5.26M +138 +0%
1974 5.26M −7,476 −0.14%
1973 5.27M −13,824 −0.26%
1972 5.28M −6,384 −0.12%
1971 5.29M +19,857 +0.38%
1970 5.27M +37,389 +0.71%
1969 5.23M +25,654 +0.49%
1968 5.2M +13,576 +0.26%
1967 5.19M +20,857 +0.4%
1966 5.17M +35,036 +0.68%
1965 5.13M +40,981 +0.8%
1964 5.09M +39,154 +0.77%
1963 5.05M +38,869 +0.77%
1962 5.02M +44,601 +0.9%
1961 4.97M +44,276 +0.9%
1960 4.93M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.