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Sweden: Rural population

10.92percent · 2025-18.4% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Sweden from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202510.922
202411.144
202311.369
202211.596
202111.826
202012.058
201912.291
201812.526
201712.763
201613
201513.384
201413.744
201314.075
201214.375
201114.64
201014.867
200915.066
200815.248
200715.409
200615.545
200515.65
200415.733
200315.805
200215.866
200115.917
200015.96
199915.992
199816.016
199716.038
199616.063
199516.1
199416.169
199316.273
199216.392
199116.505
199016.596
198916.682
198816.768
198716.841
198616.888
198516.901
198416.903
198316.905
198216.906
198116.907
198016.912
197916.943
197817.009
197717.101
197617.21
197517.335
197417.502
197317.729
197218.011
197118.346
197018.758
196919.357
196820.157
196721.063
196621.993
196522.886
196423.794
196324.749
196225.712
196126.649
196027.532

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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