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Sweden: Population in the largest city

18.41percent · 2025+4.5% since 2015

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for Sweden from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202518.41
202418.31
202318.204
202218.111
202118.037
202017.933
201917.836
201817.785
201717.702
201617.652
201517.616
201417.541
201317.449
201217.327
201117.179
201017.034
200916.906
200816.777
200716.631
200616.476
200516.385
200416.361
200316.333
200216.301
200116.258
200016.171
199916.03
199815.876
199715.72
199615.566
199515.361
199415.153
199314.981
199214.795
199114.61
199014.545
198914.598
198814.637
198714.643
198614.626
198514.588
198414.539
198314.478
198214.412
198114.347
198014.362
197914.462
197814.572
197714.697
197614.836
197514.981
197415.14
197315.295
197215.444
197115.625
197016.771
196916.811
196816.855
196716.9
196616.988
196516.815
196416.371
196315.919
196215.456
196115.002
196014.834

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population in the largest city. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-in-the-largest-city (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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