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Population density per sq. km, population and land area by region and sex. Year 1991 - 2024
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Esbjörn Pettersson, Statistics Sweden
+46 010-479 45 72
mark.vatten.gis@scb.se
Stefan Svanström, Statistics Sweden
+46 010-479 45 58
Stefan.Svanstrom@scb.se
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Yes
Latest update
2025-02-21
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Population density per sq. km:
number
Population:
number
Land area sq. km:
sq. km.
Reference time
Population density per sq. km:
Population 31 Dec each year by land area 1 Jan the following year
Population:
Dec 31 each year
Land area sq. km:
Population 31 Dec each year, land area 1 Jan the following year
Data type
Population density per sq. km:
Stock
Population:
Stock
Land area sq. km:
Stock
Day adjusted
Population density per sq. km:
No
Population:
No
Land area sq. km:
No
Seasonally adjusted
Population density per sq. km:
No
Population:
No
Land area sq. km:
No
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Statistics Sweden
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Population density per sq. km by region, sex, observations and year
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Population density per sq. km
Population
Land area sq. km
2020
2020
2020
01 Stockholm county
Total
367.2
2 391 990
6 513.83
03 Uppsala county
Total
47.4
388 394
8 189.28
04 Södermanland county
Total
49.3
299 401
6 071.83
05 Östergötland county
Total
44.2
467 158
10 557.43
06 Jönköping county
Total
35.0
365 010
10 436.45
07 Kronoberg county
Total
24.0
202 263
8 423.29
08 Kalmar county
Total
22.0
246 010
11 159.80
09 Gotland county
Total
19.2
60 124
3 134.44
10 Blekinge county
Total
54.3
159 056
2 931.25
12 Skåne county
Total
126.7
1 389 336
10 965.03
13 Halland county
Total
62.1
336 748
5 426.60
14 Västra Götaland county
Total
72.9
1 734 443
23 800.38
17 Värmland county
Total
16.1
282 885
17 519.24
18 Örebro county
Total
35.9
305 643
8 503.99
19 Västmanland county
Total
54.2
277 141
5 117.28
20 Dalarna county
Total
10.3
287 676
28 030.13
21 Gävleborg county
Total
15.9
287 502
18 113.25
22 Västernorrland county
Total
11.3
244 554
21 548.49
23 Jämtland county
Total
2.7
131 155
48 935.24
24 Västerbotten county
Total
5.0
273 192
54 664.42
25 Norrbotten county
Total
2.6
249 614
97 241.89
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Land area is calculated as the total area minus the water area.
Data from Lantmäteriet (the Swedish mapping authority) with the scale 1:10 000 is used when calculating areas.
Areas have been calculated using a spherical method until 1 January 2024. From January 2025, the areas are calculated using the orthogonal (flat) method, in coordinate system SWEREF99 TM.
One hectare is 10 000 square metres, or 0.01 m2, that is, the area of a square measuring 100 m x 100 m.
region
03 Uppsala county
Since 1 January 2007, Uppsala county has been expanded to include Heby municipality. Please note that the figures for the county are not comparable with earlier figures.
19 Västmanland county
Since 1 January 2007, Västmanland county no longer includes Heby municipality. Please note that the figures for the county are not comparable with earlier figures.
observations
Population density per sq. km
Observations:
When calculating population density (population/km²) the population figure at 31 of December is used together with the land area figure at 1st of January the following year.
Population density was calculated with unrounded values for land area until 2017. From 2018 the land area figures shown in the table where used to calculate the population density.
Land area sq. km
The tables show the conditions on December 31st for each respective year according to administrative subdivisions of January 1st of the following year.
Land area sq. km
Land area includes watercourses of a width of 6 metres or less, and meres and smaller pools of water up to maximum of several 10km² in size.
Footnotes
region
2012-09-12 values were corrected for Hammarö, Karlstad and Säffle concerning year 2012.
observations
Land area sq. km
A new method with more detailed area calculations was implemented from 1 January 2000. For this reason, it is not advisable to compare data before and after year 2000. Yet another change of method with even more detailed area calculations was implemented from 1 January 2012. For this reason, it is not advisable to compare data before and after 2012. Between 2000-01-01 and 2018-01-01 data for municipalities will not match the total for counties, because of enclaves, which have not been possible to divide into municipalities. Land area includes watercourses of a width of 6 metres or less, and meres and smaller pools of water up to a bit more than 10 m² in size.
Land area sq. km
Between 2012 and 2018 the sum of the area figures on municipality level does not match the figures on county level due to enclaves that couldn’t be referred to a municipality. From 2019 all enclaves have been referred to a municipality.
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