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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Sweden	Denmark	Sweden
1960	4,579,603	7,484,656	-	-
1961	4,611,687	7,519,998	0.7%	0.47%
1962	4,647,727	7,561,588	0.78%	0.55%
1963	4,684,483	7,604,328	0.79%	0.57%
1964	4,722,072	7,661,354	0.8%	0.75%
1965	4,759,012	7,733,853	0.78%	0.95%
1966	4,797,381	7,807,797	0.81%	0.96%
1967	4,835,354	7,867,931	0.79%	0.77%
1968	4,864,883	7,912,273	0.61%	0.56%
1969	4,891,860	7,968,072	0.55%	0.71%
1970	4,928,757	8,042,801	0.75%	0.94%
1971	4,963,126	8,098,334	0.7%	0.69%
1972	4,991,596	8,122,300	0.57%	0.3%
1973	5,021,861	8,136,312	0.61%	0.17%
1974	5,045,297	8,159,955	0.47%	0.29%
1975	5,059,862	8,192,437	0.29%	0.4%
1976	5,072,596	8,222,286	0.25%	0.36%
1977	5,088,419	8,251,540	0.31%	0.36%
1978	5,104,248	8,275,599	0.31%	0.29%
1979	5,116,801	8,293,678	0.25%	0.22%
1980	5,123,027	8,310,531	0.12%	0.2%
1981	5,121,572	8,320,503	-0.03%	0.12%
1982	5,117,810	8,325,263	-0.07%	0.06%
1983	5,114,297	8,329,033	-0.07%	0.05%
1984	5,111,619	8,336,605	-0.05%	0.09%
1985	5,113,691	8,350,386	0.04%	0.17%
1986	5,120,534	8,369,829	0.13%	0.23%
1987	5,127,024	8,397,804	0.13%	0.33%
1988	5,129,516	8,436,489	0.05%	0.46%
1989	5,132,594	8,492,964	0.06%	0.67%
1990	5,140,939	8,558,835	0.16%	0.78%
1991	5,154,298	8,617,375	0.26%	0.68%
1992	5,171,370	8,668,067	0.33%	0.59%
1993	5,188,628	8,718,561	0.33%	0.58%
1994	5,206,180	8,780,745	0.34%	0.71%
1995	5,233,373	8,826,939	0.52%	0.53%
1996	5,263,074	8,840,998	0.57%	0.16%
1997	5,284,991	8,846,062	0.42%	0.06%
1998	5,304,219	8,850,974	0.36%	0.06%
1999	5,321,799	8,857,874	0.33%	0.08%
2000	5,339,616	8,872,109	0.33%	0.16%
2001	5,358,783	8,895,960	0.36%	0.27%
2002	5,375,931	8,924,958	0.32%	0.33%
2003	5,390,574	8,958,229	0.27%	0.37%
2004	5,404,523	8,993,531	0.26%	0.39%
2005	5,419,432	9,029,572	0.28%	0.4%
2006	5,437,272	9,080,505	0.33%	0.56%
2007	5,461,438	9,148,092	0.44%	0.74%
2008	5,493,621	9,219,637	0.59%	0.78%
2009	5,523,095	9,298,515	0.54%	0.86%
2010	5,547,683	9,378,126	0.45%	0.86%
2011	5,570,572	9,449,213	0.41%	0.76%
2012	5,591,572	9,519,374	0.38%	0.74%
2013	5,614,932	9,600,379	0.42%	0.85%
2014	5,643,475	9,696,110	0.51%	1%
2015	5,683,483	9,799,186	0.71%	1.06%
2016	5,728,010	9,923,085	0.78%	1.26%
2017	5,764,980	10,057,698	0.65%	1.36%
2018	5,793,636	10,175,214	0.5%	1.17%
2019	5,814,422	10,278,887	0.36%	1.02%
2020	5,831,404	10,353,442	0.29%	0.73%
2021	5,856,733	10,415,811	0.43%	0.6%
2022	5,903,037	10,486,941	0.79%	0.68%
2023	5,946,952	10,536,632	0.74%	0.47%
2024	5,976,992	10,569,709	0.51%	0.31%
2025	6,002,090	10,619,177	0.42%	0.47%
2026	6,023,091	10,663,427	0.35%	0.42%
2027	6,041,010	10,703,497	0.3%	0.38%
2028	6,056,755	10,740,420	0.26%	0.34%
2029	6,070,186	10,773,692	0.22%	0.31%
2030	6,081,559	10,803,699	0.19%	0.28%
2031	6,091,513	10,830,583	0.16%	0.25%
2032	6,099,943	10,855,855	0.14%	0.23%
2033	6,107,156	10,880,544	0.12%	0.23%
2034	6,113,785	10,903,924	0.11%	0.21%
2035	6,119,365	10,926,433	0.09%	0.21%
2036	6,123,874	10,949,062	0.07%	0.21%
2037	6,127,386	10,971,259	0.06%	0.2%
2038	6,130,437	10,993,203	0.05%	0.2%
2039	6,132,752	11,015,926	0.04%	0.21%
2040	6,134,223	11,039,663	0.02%	0.22%
2041	6,135,120	11,063,604	0.01%	0.22%
2042	6,135,315	11,088,299	0.003%	0.22%
2043	6,135,244	11,113,927	-0.001%	0.23%
2044	6,134,789	11,139,125	-0.007%	0.23%
2045	6,134,218	11,163,492	-0.009%	0.22%
2046	6,133,182	11,186,803	-0.02%	0.21%
2047	6,131,427	11,209,183	-0.03%	0.2%
2048	6,129,548	11,230,526	-0.03%	0.19%
2049	6,127,293	11,250,663	-0.04%	0.18%
2050	6,124,397	11,269,877	-0.05%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Denmark increased by 290,738 people (a 5.35% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Denmark gained 295,276 (a 5.15% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2006 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.68% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 120th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.