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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Serbia	Sweden	Serbia	Sweden
1960	6,638,992	7,484,656	-	-
1961	6,689,077	7,519,998	0.75%	0.47%
1962	6,740,264	7,561,588	0.77%	0.55%
1963	6,787,950	7,604,328	0.71%	0.57%
1964	6,832,855	7,661,354	0.66%	0.75%
1965	6,876,624	7,733,853	0.64%	0.95%
1966	6,927,969	7,807,797	0.75%	0.96%
1967	6,966,522	7,867,931	0.56%	0.77%
1968	7,007,586	7,912,273	0.59%	0.56%
1969	7,123,249	7,968,072	1.65%	0.71%
1970	7,164,993	8,042,801	0.59%	0.94%
1971	7,211,716	8,098,334	0.65%	0.69%
1972	7,252,012	8,122,300	0.56%	0.3%
1973	7,283,902	8,136,312	0.44%	0.17%
1974	7,326,043	8,159,955	0.58%	0.29%
1975	7,368,717	8,192,437	0.58%	0.4%
1976	7,418,973	8,222,286	0.68%	0.36%
1977	7,462,783	8,251,540	0.59%	0.36%
1978	7,504,017	8,275,599	0.55%	0.29%
1979	7,541,997	8,293,678	0.51%	0.22%
1980	7,709,544	8,310,531	2.22%	0.2%
1981	7,736,787	8,320,503	0.35%	0.12%
1982	7,763,335	8,325,263	0.34%	0.06%
1983	7,788,100	8,329,033	0.32%	0.05%
1984	7,813,549	8,336,605	0.33%	0.09%
1985	7,835,902	8,350,386	0.29%	0.17%
1986	7,853,824	8,369,829	0.23%	0.23%
1987	7,868,027	8,397,804	0.18%	0.33%
1988	7,884,218	8,436,489	0.21%	0.46%
1989	7,893,787	8,492,964	0.12%	0.67%
1990	7,897,937	8,558,835	0.05%	0.78%
1991	7,595,636	8,617,375	-3.83%	0.68%
1992	7,604,063	8,668,067	0.11%	0.59%
1993	7,614,328	8,718,561	0.13%	0.58%
1994	7,622,711	8,780,745	0.11%	0.71%
1995	7,628,264	8,826,939	0.07%	0.53%
1996	7,622,185	8,840,998	-0.08%	0.16%
1997	7,598,538	8,846,062	-0.31%	0.06%
1998	7,567,745	8,850,974	-0.41%	0.06%
1999	7,540,401	8,857,874	-0.36%	0.08%
2000	7,516,346	8,872,109	-0.32%	0.16%
2001	7,503,433	8,895,960	-0.17%	0.27%
2002	7,500,031	8,924,958	-0.05%	0.33%
2003	7,480,591	8,958,229	-0.26%	0.37%
2004	7,463,157	8,993,531	-0.23%	0.39%
2005	7,440,769	9,029,572	-0.3%	0.4%
2006	7,411,569	9,080,505	-0.39%	0.56%
2007	7,381,579	9,148,092	-0.4%	0.74%
2008	7,350,222	9,219,637	-0.42%	0.78%
2009	7,320,807	9,298,515	-0.4%	0.86%
2010	7,291,436	9,378,126	-0.4%	0.86%
2011	7,236,519	9,449,213	-0.75%	0.76%
2012	7,201,497	9,519,374	-0.48%	0.74%
2013	7,166,553	9,600,379	-0.49%	0.85%
2014	7,131,787	9,696,110	-0.49%	1%
2015	7,095,383	9,799,186	-0.51%	1.06%
2016	7,058,322	9,923,085	-0.52%	1.26%
2017	7,020,858	10,057,698	-0.53%	1.36%
2018	6,982,604	10,175,214	-0.54%	1.17%
2019	6,945,235	10,278,887	-0.54%	1.02%
2020	6,899,126	10,353,442	-0.66%	0.73%
2021	6,834,326	10,415,811	-0.94%	0.6%
2022	6,664,449	10,486,941	-2.49%	0.68%
2023	6,623,183	10,536,632	-0.62%	0.47%
2024	6,587,202	10,569,709	-0.54%	0.31%
2025	6,541,064	10,619,177	-0.7%	0.47%
2026	6,495,033	10,663,427	-0.7%	0.42%
2027	6,451,587	10,703,497	-0.67%	0.38%
2028	6,407,523	10,740,420	-0.68%	0.34%
2029	6,363,135	10,773,692	-0.69%	0.31%
2030	6,318,273	10,803,699	-0.71%	0.28%
2031	6,272,974	10,830,583	-0.72%	0.25%
2032	6,227,395	10,855,855	-0.73%	0.23%
2033	6,181,396	10,880,544	-0.74%	0.23%
2034	6,135,163	10,903,924	-0.75%	0.21%
2035	6,088,832	10,926,433	-0.76%	0.21%
2036	6,042,364	10,949,062	-0.76%	0.21%
2037	5,995,710	10,971,259	-0.77%	0.2%
2038	5,948,872	10,993,203	-0.78%	0.2%
2039	5,901,891	11,015,926	-0.79%	0.21%
2040	5,855,009	11,039,663	-0.79%	0.22%
2041	5,808,317	11,063,604	-0.8%	0.22%
2042	5,761,829	11,088,299	-0.8%	0.22%
2043	5,715,931	11,113,927	-0.8%	0.23%
2044	5,670,687	11,139,125	-0.79%	0.23%
2045	5,625,991	11,163,492	-0.79%	0.22%
2046	5,581,867	11,186,803	-0.78%	0.21%
2047	5,538,323	11,209,183	-0.78%	0.2%
2048	5,495,303	11,230,526	-0.78%	0.19%
2049	5,452,676	11,250,663	-0.78%	0.18%
2050	5,410,466	11,269,877	-0.77%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Serbia decreased by 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Serbia lost -554,319 (a 7.81% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Serbia was ranked 96th most populous country in 2005 and is 110th 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) Serbia's population will shrink by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people with a rank change from 110th to 125th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.