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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	Sweden	Spain	Sweden
1960	30,455,000	7,484,656	-	-
1961	30,739,250	7,519,998	0.93%	0.47%
1962	31,023,366	7,561,588	0.92%	0.55%
1963	31,296,651	7,604,328	0.88%	0.57%
1964	31,609,195	7,661,354	1%	0.75%
1965	31,954,292	7,733,853	1.09%	0.95%
1966	32,283,194	7,807,797	1.03%	0.96%
1967	32,682,947	7,867,931	1.24%	0.77%
1968	33,113,134	7,912,273	1.32%	0.56%
1969	33,441,054	7,968,072	0.99%	0.71%
1970	33,814,531	8,042,801	1.12%	0.94%
1971	34,224,490	8,098,334	1.21%	0.69%
1972	34,604,469	8,122,300	1.11%	0.3%
1973	34,988,947	8,136,312	1.11%	0.17%
1974	35,373,335	8,159,955	1.1%	0.29%
1975	35,757,900	8,192,437	1.09%	0.4%
1976	36,137,812	8,222,286	1.06%	0.36%
1977	36,511,638	8,251,540	1.03%	0.36%
1978	36,864,898	8,275,599	0.97%	0.29%
1979	37,191,330	8,293,678	0.89%	0.22%
1980	37,491,165	8,310,531	0.81%	0.2%
1981	37,758,631	8,320,503	0.71%	0.12%
1982	37,986,012	8,325,263	0.6%	0.06%
1983	38,171,525	8,329,033	0.49%	0.05%
1984	38,330,364	8,336,605	0.42%	0.09%
1985	38,469,512	8,350,386	0.36%	0.17%
1986	38,584,624	8,369,829	0.3%	0.23%
1987	38,684,815	8,397,804	0.26%	0.33%
1988	38,766,939	8,436,489	0.21%	0.46%
1989	38,827,764	8,492,964	0.16%	0.67%
1990	38,867,322	8,558,835	0.1%	0.78%
1991	38,966,376	8,617,375	0.25%	0.68%
1992	39,157,685	8,668,067	0.49%	0.59%
1993	39,361,262	8,718,561	0.52%	0.58%
1994	39,549,108	8,780,745	0.48%	0.71%
1995	39,724,050	8,826,939	0.44%	0.53%
1996	39,889,852	8,840,998	0.42%	0.16%
1997	40,057,389	8,846,062	0.42%	0.06%
1998	40,223,509	8,850,974	0.41%	0.06%
1999	40,386,875	8,857,874	0.41%	0.08%
2000	40,567,864	8,872,109	0.45%	0.16%
2001	40,850,412	8,895,960	0.7%	0.27%
2002	41,431,558	8,924,958	1.42%	0.33%
2003	42,187,645	8,958,229	1.82%	0.37%
2004	42,921,895	8,993,531	1.74%	0.39%
2005	43,653,155	9,029,572	1.7%	0.4%
2006	44,397,319	9,080,505	1.7%	0.56%
2007	45,226,803	9,148,092	1.87%	0.74%
2008	45,954,106	9,219,637	1.61%	0.78%
2009	46,362,946	9,298,515	0.89%	0.86%
2010	46,576,897	9,378,126	0.46%	0.86%
2011	46,742,697	9,449,213	0.36%	0.76%
2012	46,773,055	9,519,374	0.06%	0.74%
2013	46,604,197	9,600,379	-0.36%	0.85%
2014	46,460,733	9,696,110	-0.31%	1%
2015	46,422,303	9,799,186	-0.08%	1.06%
2016	46,458,139	9,923,085	0.08%	1.26%
2017	46,571,232	10,057,698	0.24%	1.36%
2018	46,782,011	10,175,214	0.45%	1.17%
2019	47,118,501	10,278,887	0.72%	1.02%
2020	47,359,424	10,353,442	0.51%	0.73%
2021	47,443,821	10,415,811	0.18%	0.6%
2022	47,786,102	10,486,941	0.72%	0.68%
2023	48,347,910	10,536,632	1.18%	0.47%
2024	48,807,137	10,569,709	0.95%	0.31%
2025	48,786,181	10,619,177	-0.04%	0.47%
2026	48,746,279	10,663,427	-0.08%	0.42%
2027	48,696,847	10,703,497	-0.1%	0.38%
2028	48,642,132	10,740,420	-0.11%	0.34%
2029	48,578,166	10,773,692	-0.13%	0.31%
2030	48,501,513	10,803,699	-0.16%	0.28%
2031	48,412,854	10,830,583	-0.18%	0.25%
2032	48,321,195	10,855,855	-0.19%	0.23%
2033	48,230,054	10,880,544	-0.19%	0.23%
2034	48,136,421	10,903,924	-0.19%	0.21%
2035	48,036,650	10,926,433	-0.21%	0.21%
2036	47,929,957	10,949,062	-0.22%	0.21%
2037	47,819,257	10,971,259	-0.23%	0.2%
2038	47,706,580	10,993,203	-0.24%	0.2%
2039	47,588,878	11,015,926	-0.25%	0.21%
2040	47,463,597	11,039,663	-0.26%	0.22%
2041	47,332,618	11,063,604	-0.28%	0.22%
2042	47,194,588	11,088,299	-0.29%	0.22%
2043	47,052,293	11,113,927	-0.3%	0.23%
2044	46,902,636	11,139,125	-0.32%	0.23%
2045	46,738,565	11,163,492	-0.35%	0.22%
2046	46,564,383	11,186,803	-0.37%	0.21%
2047	46,381,681	11,209,183	-0.39%	0.2%
2048	46,190,642	11,230,526	-0.41%	0.19%
2049	45,985,428	11,250,663	-0.44%	0.18%
2050	45,769,362	11,269,877	-0.47%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Spain increased by 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Spain gained 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2005 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.