Population in Croatia compared to Sweden: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Croatia and Sweden: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Croatia	Sweden	Croatia	Sweden
1960	4,140,181	7,484,656	-	-
1961	4,167,292	7,519,998	0.65%	0.47%
1962	4,196,712	7,561,588	0.71%	0.55%
1963	4,225,675	7,604,328	0.69%	0.57%
1964	4,252,876	7,661,354	0.64%	0.75%
1965	4,280,923	7,733,853	0.66%	0.95%
1966	4,310,701	7,807,797	0.7%	0.96%
1967	4,338,683	7,867,931	0.65%	0.77%
1968	4,365,628	7,912,273	0.62%	0.56%
1969	4,391,490	7,968,072	0.59%	0.71%
1970	4,412,252	8,042,801	0.47%	0.94%
1971	4,431,275	8,098,334	0.43%	0.69%
1972	4,450,564	8,122,300	0.44%	0.3%
1973	4,470,161	8,136,312	0.44%	0.17%
1974	4,490,660	8,159,955	0.46%	0.29%
1975	4,512,082	8,192,437	0.48%	0.4%
1976	4,535,934	8,222,286	0.53%	0.36%
1977	4,559,571	8,251,540	0.52%	0.36%
1978	4,581,085	8,275,599	0.47%	0.29%
1979	4,594,778	8,293,678	0.3%	0.22%
1980	4,599,782	8,310,531	0.11%	0.2%
1981	4,611,509	8,320,503	0.25%	0.12%
1982	4,634,234	8,325,263	0.49%	0.06%
1983	4,658,254	8,329,033	0.52%	0.05%
1984	4,680,285	8,336,605	0.47%	0.09%
1985	4,701,417	8,350,386	0.45%	0.17%
1986	4,721,446	8,369,829	0.43%	0.23%
1987	4,739,745	8,397,804	0.39%	0.33%
1988	4,755,207	8,436,489	0.33%	0.46%
1989	4,767,260	8,492,964	0.25%	0.67%
1990	4,777,368	8,558,835	0.21%	0.78%
1991	4,689,022	8,617,375	-1.85%	0.68%
1992	4,575,818	8,668,067	-2.41%	0.59%
1993	4,600,463	8,718,561	0.54%	0.58%
1994	4,652,024	8,780,745	1.12%	0.71%
1995	4,620,030	8,826,939	-0.69%	0.53%
1996	4,557,097	8,840,998	-1.36%	0.16%
1997	4,534,920	8,846,062	-0.49%	0.06%
1998	4,532,135	8,850,974	-0.06%	0.06%
1999	4,512,597	8,857,874	-0.43%	0.08%
2000	4,468,302	8,872,109	-0.98%	0.16%
2001	4,299,642	8,895,960	-3.77%	0.27%
2002	4,302,174	8,924,958	0.06%	0.33%
2003	4,303,399	8,958,229	0.03%	0.37%
2004	4,304,600	8,993,531	0.03%	0.39%
2005	4,310,145	9,029,572	0.13%	0.4%
2006	4,311,159	9,080,505	0.02%	0.56%
2007	4,310,217	9,148,092	-0.02%	0.74%
2008	4,309,705	9,219,637	-0.01%	0.78%
2009	4,305,181	9,298,515	-0.1%	0.86%
2010	4,295,427	9,378,126	-0.23%	0.86%
2011	4,280,622	9,449,213	-0.34%	0.76%
2012	4,260,368	9,519,374	-0.47%	0.74%
2013	4,233,922	9,600,379	-0.62%	0.85%
2014	4,201,598	9,696,110	-0.76%	1%
2015	4,151,725	9,799,186	-1.19%	1.06%
2016	4,106,867	9,923,085	-1.08%	1.26%
2017	4,041,407	10,057,698	-1.59%	1.36%
2018	3,988,775	10,175,214	-1.3%	1.17%
2019	3,949,390	10,278,887	-0.99%	1.02%
2020	3,914,206	10,353,442	-0.89%	0.73%
2021	3,878,981	10,415,811	-0.9%	0.6%
2022	3,855,641	10,486,941	-0.6%	0.68%
2023	3,859,686	10,536,632	0.1%	0.47%
2024	3,866,300	10,569,709	0.17%	0.31%
2025	3,839,202	10,619,177	-0.7%	0.47%
2026	3,813,444	10,663,427	-0.67%	0.42%
2027	3,788,509	10,703,497	-0.65%	0.38%
2028	3,764,509	10,740,420	-0.63%	0.34%
2029	3,740,864	10,773,692	-0.63%	0.31%
2030	3,717,091	10,803,699	-0.64%	0.28%
2031	3,693,060	10,830,583	-0.65%	0.25%
2032	3,668,891	10,855,855	-0.65%	0.23%
2033	3,645,252	10,880,544	-0.64%	0.23%
2034	3,621,822	10,903,924	-0.64%	0.21%
2035	3,598,817	10,926,433	-0.64%	0.21%
2036	3,576,022	10,949,062	-0.63%	0.21%
2037	3,552,470	10,971,259	-0.66%	0.2%
2038	3,528,382	10,993,203	-0.68%	0.2%
2039	3,504,319	11,015,926	-0.68%	0.21%
2040	3,480,182	11,039,663	-0.69%	0.22%
2041	3,455,709	11,063,604	-0.7%	0.22%
2042	3,430,926	11,088,299	-0.72%	0.22%
2043	3,406,019	11,113,927	-0.73%	0.23%
2044	3,380,680	11,139,125	-0.74%	0.23%
2045	3,355,131	11,163,492	-0.76%	0.22%
2046	3,329,736	11,186,803	-0.76%	0.21%
2047	3,304,173	11,209,183	-0.77%	0.2%
2048	3,278,352	11,230,526	-0.78%	0.19%
2049	3,252,533	11,250,663	-0.79%	0.18%
2050	3,226,623	11,269,877	-0.8%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.