Population

Belfolkning – Population

Sweden’s population according to the latest  United Nations Data was at 10,127,065 (“Sweden Population (2020) – Worldometer”, 2020). While Sweden has taken softer measures than the rest of the world, calling for recommendations instead of mandates. Sweden is just now facing a spike in cases (“Sweden: daily COVID-19 case numbers | Statista”, 2020). The total number of cases in Sweden are around 304 thousand, while only 7 thousand of those infected have died and 89 thousand of those cases are found in Stockholm (“Sweden: daily COVID-19 case numbers | Statista”, 2020)

While covid is on the rise in Sweden, the population numbers still relatively remain the same, Sweden population is equivalent to 0.13% of the total world population. Sweden ranks number 91 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in Sweden is 25 per Km2 (64 people per mi2). 88.2 % of the population is urban (8,904,762 people in 2020).