Sweden's population ages 15-64, female was 3.22 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.42% from 3.03 million in 2015 (0.62% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.22 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.14 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.03 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.22 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 2.46 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.15 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 2.46 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sweden's population ages 15-64, female rose 0.4% on 2024 (from 3.21 million to 3.22 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.5% and a typical year strayed about 0.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.9% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.2% in 1973. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 19,164 a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 3.29 million for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 6,301, against 28,391 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Sweden had the 93rd highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 3.22 million | 2025 |
| World | 2.64 billion | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 300.79 million | 2025 |
| High income | 448.95 million | 2025 |
Closest to Sweden in the 2025 ranking
- Tajikistan — 90th of 217: 3.33 million
- Papua New Guinea — 91st of 217: 3.33 million
- Greece — 92nd of 217: 3.28 million
- United Arab Emirates — 94th of 217: 3.16 million
- Belarus — 95th of 217: 3.06 million
- Hungary — 96th of 217: 3.04 million
What this measures
Female population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 15-64, female |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,222,123 |
| 2024 | 3,209,212 |
| 2023 | 3,197,235 |
| 2022 | 3,181,132 |
| 2021 | 3,159,674 |
| 2020 | 3,143,403 |
| 2019 | 3,125,570 |
| 2018 | 3,101,587 |
| 2017 | 3,075,559 |
| 2016 | 3,048,209 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 15-64, female in nearby economies
- Albania — 780,793 (2025)
- Andorra — 28,850 (2025)
- Armenia — 1.09 million (2025)
- Austria — 2.96 million (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 3.64 million (2025)
- Belarus — 3.06 million (2025)
- Belgium — 3.76 million (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1.01 million (2025)
- Bulgaria — 2.01 million (2025)
- Channel Islands — 55,075 (2025)
- Croatia — 1.21 million (2025)
More health data for Sweden
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.89% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.09% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 859,842 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.35% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 910,481 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 17.05% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 1.77 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 16.71% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.64% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sweden's population ages 15-64, female?
- 3.22 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 31.13% from 2.46 million in 1960 (0.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.22 million in 2025 and the lowest 2.46 million in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank?
- 93rd highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.1564.FE.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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