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	6,586,476	10,569,709	-0.55%	0.31%
2025	6,540,343	10,619,177	-0.7%	0.47%
2026	6,494,317	10,663,427	-0.7%	0.42%
2027	6,450,876	10,703,497	-0.67%	0.38%
2028	6,406,817	10,740,420	-0.68%	0.34%
2029	6,362,434	10,773,692	-0.69%	0.31%
2030	6,317,577	10,803,699	-0.71%	0.28%
2031	6,272,283	10,830,583	-0.72%	0.25%
2032	6,226,709	10,855,855	-0.73%	0.23%
2033	6,180,715	10,880,544	-0.74%	0.23%
2034	6,134,487	10,903,924	-0.75%	0.21%
2035	6,088,161	10,926,433	-0.76%	0.21%
2036	6,041,698	10,949,062	-0.76%	0.21%
2037	5,995,050	10,971,259	-0.77%	0.2%
2038	5,948,216	10,993,203	-0.78%	0.2%
2039	5,901,240	11,015,926	-0.79%	0.21%
2040	5,854,364	11,039,663	-0.79%	0.22%
2041	5,807,677	11,063,604	-0.8%	0.22%
2042	5,761,194	11,088,299	-0.8%	0.22%
2043	5,715,301	11,113,927	-0.8%	0.23%
2044	5,670,062	11,139,125	-0.79%	0.23%
2045	5,625,371	11,163,492	-0.79%	0.22%
2046	5,581,251	11,186,803	-0.78%	0.21%
2047	5,537,712	11,209,183	-0.78%	0.2%
2048	5,494,697	11,230,526	-0.78%	0.19%
2049	5,452,075	11,250,663	-0.78%	0.18%
2050	5,409,870	11,269,877	-0.77%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Serbia decreased by 353,247 people (a 4.77% decline), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Serbia lost -564,005 (a 7.99% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Serbia was ranked 97th most populous country in 2006 and is 110th 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) Serbia's population will shrink by 16.7% to 5,409,870 people with a rank change from 110th to 125th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.