The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,177,982 in 2024 vs 10,569,709 people in Sweden in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,164,347 people compared to 10,663,864 in Sweden.
Population statistics:
- Sweden's population is 1.16 times bigger than Austria's.
- Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while Sweden is the 93rd.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 0.13% for Sweden.
- For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs +0.88% in Sweden.
- Since 2006, the population of Austria has increased from 8.27M people to 9.16M (10.8% growth), while Sweden has grown from 9.08M to 10.7M (17.4% growth).
- Sweden is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 11.4M people, while Austria's population already peaked in 2024 at 9.18M people and is projected to decrease to 7.45M people by 2100.
Austria vs Sweden: live population counter
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| Current population |
9164347
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10663864
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| Population rank | 99/197 | 93/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
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15.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
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5.25 minutes
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| One death every |
5.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +8,813 | +50,115 |
| Daily growth/decline | +127 | +91 |
| Annual growth/decline | +46,221 | +33,077 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | +0.31% |
| Population growth rate rank | 132/197 | 149/197 |
Austria and Sweden: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,047,539 | 7,484,656 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,086,299 | 7,519,998 | 0.55% | 0.47% |
| 1962 | 7,129,864 | 7,561,588 | 0.61% | 0.55% |
| 1963 | 7,175,811 | 7,604,328 | 0.64% | 0.57% |
| 1964 | 7,223,801 | 7,661,354 | 0.67% | 0.75% |
| 1965 | 7,270,889 | 7,733,853 | 0.65% | 0.95% |
| 1966 | 7,322,066 | 7,807,797 | 0.7% | 0.96% |
| 1967 | 7,376,998 | 7,867,931 | 0.75% | 0.77% |
| 1968 | 7,415,403 | 7,912,273 | 0.52% | 0.56% |
| 1969 | 7,441,055 | 7,968,072 | 0.35% | 0.71% |
| 1970 | 7,467,086 | 8,042,801 | 0.35% | 0.94% |
| 1971 | 7,500,482 | 8,098,334 | 0.45% | 0.69% |
| 1972 | 7,544,201 | 8,122,300 | 0.58% | 0.3% |
| 1973 | 7,586,115 | 8,136,312 | 0.56% | 0.17% |
| 1974 | 7,599,038 | 8,159,955 | 0.17% | 0.29% |
| 1975 | 7,578,903 | 8,192,437 | -0.26% | 0.4% |
| 1976 | 7,565,525 | 8,222,286 | -0.18% | 0.36% |
| 1977 | 7,568,430 | 8,251,540 | 0.04% | 0.36% |
| 1978 | 7,562,305 | 8,275,599 | -0.08% | 0.29% |
| 1979 | 7,549,425 | 8,293,678 | -0.17% | 0.22% |
| 1980 | 7,549,433 | 8,310,531 | 0% | 0.2% |
| 1981 | 7,568,710 | 8,320,503 | 0.26% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 7,574,140 | 8,325,263 | 0.07% | 0.06% |
| 1983 | 7,561,910 | 8,329,033 | -0.16% | 0.05% |
| 1984 | 7,561,434 | 8,336,605 | -0.006% | 0.09% |
| 1985 | 7,564,985 | 8,350,386 | 0.05% | 0.17% |
| 1986 | 7,569,794 | 8,369,829 | 0.06% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 7,574,586 | 8,397,804 | 0.06% | 0.33% |
| 1988 | 7,585,317 | 8,436,489 | 0.14% | 0.46% |
| 1989 | 7,619,567 | 8,492,964 | 0.45% | 0.67% |
| 1990 | 7,677,850 | 8,558,835 | 0.76% | 0.78% |
| 1991 | 7,754,891 | 8,617,375 | 1% | 0.68% |
| 1992 | 7,840,709 | 8,668,067 | 1.11% | 0.59% |
| 1993 | 7,905,633 | 8,718,561 | 0.83% | 0.58% |
| 1994 | 7,936,118 | 8,780,745 | 0.39% | 0.71% |
| 1995 | 7,948,278 | 8,826,939 | 0.15% | 0.53% |
| 1996 | 7,959,017 | 8,840,998 | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| 1997 | 7,968,041 | 8,846,062 | 0.11% | 0.06% |
| 1998 | 7,976,789 | 8,850,974 | 0.11% | 0.06% |
| 1999 | 7,992,324 | 8,857,874 | 0.19% | 0.08% |
| 2000 | 8,011,566 | 8,872,109 | 0.24% | 0.16% |
| 2001 | 8,042,293 | 8,895,960 | 0.38% | 0.27% |
| 2002 | 8,081,957 | 8,924,958 | 0.49% | 0.33% |
| 2003 | 8,121,423 | 8,958,229 | 0.49% | 0.37% |
| 2004 | 8,171,966 | 8,993,531 | 0.62% | 0.39% |
| 2005 | 8,227,829 | 9,029,572 | 0.68% | 0.4% |
| 2006 | 8,268,641 | 9,080,505 | 0.5% | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 8,295,487 | 9,148,092 | 0.32% | 0.74% |
| 2008 | 8,321,496 | 9,219,637 | 0.31% | 0.78% |
| 2009 | 8,343,323 | 9,298,515 | 0.26% | 0.86% |
| 2010 | 8,363,404 | 9,378,126 | 0.24% | 0.86% |
| 2011 | 8,391,643 | 9,449,213 | 0.34% | 0.76% |
| 2012 | 8,429,991 | 9,519,374 | 0.46% | 0.74% |
| 2013 | 8,479,823 | 9,600,379 | 0.59% | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 8,546,356 | 9,696,110 | 0.78% | 1% |
| 2015 | 8,642,699 | 9,799,186 | 1.13% | 1.06% |
| 2016 | 8,736,668 | 9,923,085 | 1.09% | 1.26% |
| 2017 | 8,797,566 | 10,057,698 | 0.7% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 8,840,521 | 10,175,214 | 0.49% | 1.17% |
| 2019 | 8,879,920 | 10,278,887 | 0.45% | 1.02% |
| 2020 | 8,916,864 | 10,353,442 | 0.42% | 0.73% |
| 2021 | 8,955,797 | 10,415,811 | 0.44% | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 9,041,851 | 10,486,941 | 0.96% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | 9,131,761 | 10,536,632 | 0.99% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 9,177,982 | 10,569,709 | 0.51% | 0.31% |
| 2025 | 9,170,698 | 10,619,177 | -0.08% | 0.47% |
| 2026 | 9,164,347 | 10,663,427 | -0.07% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 9,158,537 | 10,703,497 | -0.06% | 0.38% |
| 2028 | 9,153,285 | 10,740,420 | -0.06% | 0.34% |
| 2029 | 9,146,737 | 10,773,692 | -0.07% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 9,137,256 | 10,803,699 | -0.1% | 0.28% |
| 2031 | 9,125,926 | 10,830,583 | -0.12% | 0.25% |
| 2032 | 9,113,265 | 10,855,855 | -0.14% | 0.23% |
| 2033 | 9,100,164 | 10,880,544 | -0.14% | 0.23% |
| 2034 | 9,086,003 | 10,903,924 | -0.16% | 0.21% |
| 2035 | 9,070,703 | 10,926,433 | -0.17% | 0.21% |
| 2036 | 9,055,647 | 10,949,062 | -0.17% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 9,038,995 | 10,971,259 | -0.18% | 0.2% |
| 2038 | 9,022,606 | 10,993,203 | -0.18% | 0.2% |
| 2039 | 9,006,886 | 11,015,926 | -0.17% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 8,990,060 | 11,039,663 | -0.19% | 0.22% |
| 2041 | 8,973,446 | 11,063,604 | -0.18% | 0.22% |
| 2042 | 8,956,456 | 11,088,299 | -0.19% | 0.22% |
| 2043 | 8,938,855 | 11,113,927 | -0.2% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 8,920,058 | 11,139,125 | -0.21% | 0.23% |
| 2045 | 8,900,167 | 11,163,492 | -0.22% | 0.22% |
| 2046 | 8,879,512 | 11,186,803 | -0.23% | 0.21% |
| 2047 | 8,857,072 | 11,209,183 | -0.25% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 8,832,859 | 11,230,526 | -0.27% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 8,806,607 | 11,250,663 | -0.3% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 8,779,015 | 11,269,877 | -0.31% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Austria increased by 468,027 people (a 5.66% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Austria gained 427,679 (a 4.9% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).
Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2006 and is 99th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Austria's population will shrink by 4.2% to 8,779,015 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Vienna | 1.97M |
| Graz | 293K |
| Linz | 212K |
| Salzburg | 155K |
| Innsbruck | 131K |
| Klagenfurt | 101K |
| Wels | 65.3K |
| Villach | 65.1K |
| Sankt Polten | 55.5K |
| Dornbirn | 48.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Stockholm | 985K |
| Gothenburg | 675K |
| Malmo | 339K |
| Uppsala | 175K |
| Norrkoping | 98.2K |
| Umea | 94.2K |
| Solna | 85.8K |
| Sodertalje | 78.4K |
| Sollentuna | 77.7K |
| Halmstad | 73K |
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Population differences between Austria and Sweden
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| Life expectancy | 82.5 years | 83.7 years |
| Average age | 43.7 years | 41.9 years |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 41.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| Population density | 288.1 ppl/mi² | 67.2 ppl/mi² |
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