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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Pakistan was 251,269,164 in 2024 vs 10,569,709 people in Sweden in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Pakistan's population is 258,497,127 people compared to 10,654,722 in Sweden.

Population statistics:

  • Pakistan's population is 24.3 times bigger than Sweden's.
  • Pakistan is ranked the 5th most populous country in the world, while Sweden is the 93rd.
  • The countries together account for 3.26% of the world: 3.13% for Pakistan vs 0.13% for Sweden.
  • For the last 10 years, Pakistan has had an average growth rate of +1.6% per year vs +0.88% in Sweden.
  • Since 2005, the population of Pakistan has increased from 175M people to 258M (47.3% growth), while Sweden has grown from 9.03M to 10.7M (18% growth).
  • Pakistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 511M people compared to the peak of 11.4M people in 2079 for Sweden.

Pakistan vs Sweden: live population counter

Pakistan Sweden
Current population
258497127
10654722
Population rank 5/197 93/197
Percent of world population 3.13% 0.13%
One net population change
8.38 seconds
15.9 minutes
One birth every
4.58 seconds
5.25 minutes
One death every
19.7 seconds
5.54 minutes
One migration net change every
22.5 seconds
10.5 minutes
Annual migration change -1,401,173 +50,115
Daily growth/decline +10,314 +91
Annual growth/decline +3,764,669 +33,077
Annual growth/decline rate +1.52% +0.31%
Population growth rate rank 73/197 148/197

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

Pakistan
Population

Growth rate
Sweden
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Pakistan Sweden Pakistan Sweden
1960 45,709,310 7,484,656 - -
1961 46,921,277 7,519,998 2.65% 0.47%
1962 48,156,128 7,561,588 2.63% 0.55%
1963 49,447,776 7,604,328 2.68% 0.57%
1964 50,799,999 7,661,354 2.73% 0.75%
1965 52,209,010 7,733,853 2.77% 0.95%
1966 53,678,667 7,807,797 2.81% 0.96%
1967 55,214,768 7,867,931 2.86% 0.77%
1968 56,810,507 7,912,273 2.89% 0.56%
1969 58,460,939 7,968,072 2.91% 0.71%
1970 60,166,719 8,042,801 2.92% 0.94%
1971 61,847,899 8,098,334 2.79% 0.69%
1972 63,583,194 8,122,300 2.81% 0.3%
1973 65,461,912 8,136,312 2.95% 0.17%
1974 67,415,487 8,159,955 2.98% 0.29%
1975 69,461,175 8,192,437 3.03% 0.4%
1976 71,620,254 8,222,286 3.11% 0.36%
1977 73,901,827 8,251,540 3.19% 0.36%
1978 76,307,379 8,275,599 3.26% 0.29%
1979 78,997,039 8,293,678 3.52% 0.22%
1980 82,291,010 8,310,531 4.17% 0.2%
1981 85,802,049 8,320,503 4.27% 0.12%
1982 89,089,246 8,325,263 3.83% 0.06%
1983 92,227,711 8,329,033 3.52% 0.05%
1984 95,164,936 8,336,605 3.18% 0.09%
1985 98,229,285 8,350,386 3.22% 0.17%
1986 101,606,764 8,369,829 3.44% 0.23%
1987 105,130,717 8,397,804 3.47% 0.33%
1988 108,724,739 8,436,489 3.42% 0.46%
1989 112,336,629 8,492,964 3.32% 0.67%
1990 116,155,576 8,558,835 3.4% 0.78%
1991 120,060,406 8,617,375 3.36% 0.68%
1992 123,546,848 8,668,067 2.9% 0.59%
1993 127,020,117 8,718,561 2.81% 0.58%
1994 130,748,083 8,780,745 2.93% 0.71%
1995 134,582,253 8,826,939 2.93% 0.53%
1996 138,557,092 8,840,998 2.95% 0.16%
1997 142,531,804 8,846,062 2.87% 0.06%
1998 146,522,356 8,850,974 2.8% 0.06%
1999 150,565,377 8,857,874 2.76% 0.08%
2000 154,879,127 8,872,109 2.87% 0.16%
2001 159,270,907 8,895,960 2.84% 0.27%
2002 163,222,549 8,924,958 2.48% 0.33%
2003 167,110,248 8,958,229 2.38% 0.37%
2004 171,286,000 8,993,531 2.5% 0.39%
2005 175,453,212 9,029,572 2.43% 0.4%
2006 179,682,690 9,080,505 2.41% 0.56%
2007 184,493,231 9,148,092 2.68% 0.74%
2008 189,499,113 9,219,637 2.71% 0.78%
2009 194,376,534 9,298,515 2.57% 0.86%
2010 199,239,047 9,378,126 2.5% 0.86%
2011 203,746,065 9,449,213 2.26% 0.76%
2012 207,667,125 9,519,374 1.92% 0.74%
2013 211,073,978 9,600,379 1.64% 0.85%
2014 214,264,647 9,696,110 1.51% 1%
2015 217,290,883 9,799,186 1.41% 1.06%
2016 220,138,869 9,923,085 1.31% 1.26%
2017 223,273,967 10,057,698 1.42% 1.36%
2018 226,928,892 10,175,214 1.64% 1.17%
2019 230,800,899 10,278,887 1.71% 1.02%
2020 235,001,746 10,353,442 1.82% 0.73%
2021 239,477,801 10,415,811 1.9% 0.6%
2022 243,700,667 10,486,941 1.76% 0.68%
2023 247,504,495 10,536,632 1.56% 0.47%
2024 251,269,164 10,569,709 1.52% 0.31%
2025 255,219,564 10,619,177 1.57% 0.47%
2026 259,299,796 10,663,427 1.6% 0.42%
2027 263,515,827 10,703,497 1.63% 0.38%
2028 267,881,923 10,740,420 1.66% 0.34%
2029 272,337,520 10,773,692 1.66% 0.31%
2030 276,883,261 10,803,699 1.67% 0.28%
2031 281,528,070 10,830,583 1.68% 0.25%
2032 286,241,141 10,855,855 1.67% 0.23%
2033 291,012,268 10,880,544 1.67% 0.23%
2034 295,820,153 10,903,924 1.65% 0.21%
2035 300,643,518 10,926,433 1.63% 0.21%
2036 305,491,504 10,949,062 1.61% 0.21%
2037 310,353,293 10,971,259 1.59% 0.2%
2038 315,227,709 10,993,203 1.57% 0.2%
2039 320,105,882 11,015,926 1.55% 0.21%
2040 324,937,703 11,039,663 1.51% 0.22%
2041 329,746,478 11,063,604 1.48% 0.22%
2042 334,551,874 11,088,299 1.46% 0.22%
2043 339,334,851 11,113,927 1.43% 0.23%
2044 344,095,467 11,139,125 1.4% 0.23%
2045 348,837,732 11,163,492 1.38% 0.22%
2046 353,552,859 11,186,803 1.35% 0.21%
2047 358,207,159 11,209,183 1.32% 0.2%
2048 362,796,532 11,230,526 1.28% 0.19%
2049 367,344,429 11,250,663 1.25% 0.18%
2050 371,863,804 11,269,877 1.23% 0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Pakistan increased by 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Pakistan gained 41,206,244 (a 19% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2005 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.

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