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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Singapore	Sweden	Singapore	Sweden
1960	1,646,400	7,484,656	-	-
1961	1,702,400	7,519,998	3.4%	0.47%
1962	1,750,200	7,561,588	2.81%	0.55%
1963	1,795,000	7,604,328	2.56%	0.57%
1964	1,841,600	7,661,354	2.6%	0.75%
1965	1,886,900	7,733,853	2.46%	0.95%
1966	1,934,400	7,807,797	2.52%	0.96%
1967	1,977,600	7,867,931	2.23%	0.77%
1968	2,012,000	7,912,273	1.74%	0.56%
1969	2,042,500	7,968,072	1.52%	0.71%
1970	2,074,507	8,042,801	1.57%	0.94%
1971	2,112,900	8,098,334	1.85%	0.69%
1972	2,152,400	8,122,300	1.87%	0.3%
1973	2,193,000	8,136,312	1.89%	0.17%
1974	2,229,800	8,159,955	1.68%	0.29%
1975	2,262,600	8,192,437	1.47%	0.4%
1976	2,293,300	8,222,286	1.36%	0.36%
1977	2,325,300	8,251,540	1.4%	0.36%
1978	2,353,600	8,275,599	1.22%	0.29%
1979	2,383,500	8,293,678	1.27%	0.22%
1980	2,413,945	8,310,531	1.28%	0.2%
1981	2,532,835	8,320,503	4.93%	0.12%
1982	2,646,466	8,325,263	4.49%	0.06%
1983	2,681,061	8,329,033	1.31%	0.05%
1984	2,732,221	8,336,605	1.91%	0.09%
1985	2,735,957	8,350,386	0.14%	0.17%
1986	2,733,373	8,369,829	-0.09%	0.23%
1987	2,774,789	8,397,804	1.52%	0.33%
1988	2,846,108	8,436,489	2.57%	0.46%
1989	2,930,901	8,492,964	2.98%	0.67%
1990	3,047,132	8,558,835	3.97%	0.78%
1991	3,135,083	8,617,375	2.89%	0.68%
1992	3,230,698	8,668,067	3.05%	0.59%
1993	3,313,471	8,718,561	2.56%	0.58%
1994	3,419,048	8,780,745	3.19%	0.71%
1995	3,524,506	8,826,939	3.08%	0.53%
1996	3,670,704	8,840,998	4.15%	0.16%
1997	3,796,038	8,846,062	3.41%	0.06%
1998	3,927,213	8,850,974	3.46%	0.06%
1999	3,958,723	8,857,874	0.8%	0.08%
2000	4,027,887	8,872,109	1.75%	0.16%
2001	4,138,012	8,895,960	2.73%	0.27%
2002	4,175,950	8,924,958	0.92%	0.33%
2003	4,114,826	8,958,229	-1.46%	0.37%
2004	4,166,664	8,993,531	1.26%	0.39%
2005	4,265,762	9,029,572	2.38%	0.4%
2006	4,401,365	9,080,505	3.18%	0.56%
2007	4,588,599	9,148,092	4.25%	0.74%
2008	4,839,396	9,219,637	5.47%	0.78%
2009	4,987,573	9,298,515	3.06%	0.86%
2010	5,076,732	9,378,126	1.79%	0.86%
2011	5,183,688	9,449,213	2.11%	0.76%
2012	5,312,437	9,519,374	2.48%	0.74%
2013	5,399,162	9,600,379	1.63%	0.85%
2014	5,469,724	9,696,110	1.31%	1%
2015	5,535,002	9,799,186	1.19%	1.06%
2016	5,607,283	9,923,085	1.31%	1.26%
2017	5,612,253	10,057,698	0.09%	1.36%
2018	5,638,676	10,175,214	0.47%	1.17%
2019	5,703,569	10,278,887	1.15%	1.02%
2020	5,685,807	10,353,442	-0.31%	0.73%
2021	5,453,566	10,415,811	-4.08%	0.6%
2022	5,637,022	10,486,941	3.36%	0.68%
2023	5,917,648	10,536,632	4.98%	0.47%
2024	6,036,860	10,569,709	2.01%	0.31%
2025	6,076,565	10,619,177	0.66%	0.47%
2026	6,112,792	10,663,427	0.6%	0.42%
2027	6,147,775	10,703,497	0.57%	0.38%
2028	6,182,764	10,740,420	0.57%	0.34%
2029	6,214,576	10,773,692	0.51%	0.31%
2030	6,242,825	10,803,699	0.45%	0.28%
2031	6,270,800	10,830,583	0.45%	0.25%
2032	6,298,559	10,855,855	0.44%	0.23%
2033	6,325,401	10,880,544	0.43%	0.23%
2034	6,349,852	10,903,924	0.39%	0.21%
2035	6,368,948	10,926,433	0.3%	0.21%
2036	6,383,048	10,949,062	0.22%	0.21%
2037	6,394,813	10,971,259	0.18%	0.2%
2038	6,404,994	10,993,203	0.16%	0.2%
2039	6,411,057	11,015,926	0.09%	0.21%
2040	6,411,962	11,039,663	0.01%	0.22%
2041	6,408,383	11,063,604	-0.06%	0.22%
2042	6,402,235	11,088,299	-0.1%	0.22%
2043	6,394,872	11,113,927	-0.12%	0.23%
2044	6,384,418	11,139,125	-0.16%	0.23%
2045	6,372,013	11,163,492	-0.19%	0.22%
2046	6,358,982	11,186,803	-0.2%	0.21%
2047	6,343,000	11,209,183	-0.25%	0.2%
2048	6,327,523	11,230,526	-0.24%	0.19%
2049	6,312,515	11,250,663	-0.24%	0.18%
2050	6,294,905	11,269,877	-0.28%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Singapore increased by 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Singapore gained 570,663 (a 10.3% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Singapore was ranked 119th most populous country in 2005 and is 113th 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) Singapore's population will grow by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people with a rank change from 113th to 118th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.