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	48,352,528	10,536,632	1.19%	0.47%
2024	48,848,840	10,569,709	1.03%	0.31%
2025	48,827,866	10,619,177	-0.04%	0.47%
2026	48,787,930	10,663,427	-0.08%	0.42%
2027	48,738,456	10,703,497	-0.1%	0.38%
2028	48,683,694	10,740,420	-0.11%	0.34%
2029	48,619,674	10,773,692	-0.13%	0.31%
2030	48,542,955	10,803,699	-0.16%	0.28%
2031	48,454,221	10,830,583	-0.18%	0.25%
2032	48,362,482	10,855,855	-0.19%	0.23%
2033	48,271,264	10,880,544	-0.19%	0.23%
2034	48,177,551	10,903,924	-0.19%	0.21%
2035	48,077,695	10,926,433	-0.21%	0.21%
2036	47,970,911	10,949,062	-0.22%	0.21%
2037	47,860,116	10,971,259	-0.23%	0.2%
2038	47,747,343	10,993,203	-0.24%	0.2%
2039	47,629,540	11,015,926	-0.25%	0.21%
2040	47,504,152	11,039,663	-0.26%	0.22%
2041	47,373,061	11,063,604	-0.28%	0.22%
2042	47,234,914	11,088,299	-0.29%	0.22%
2043	47,092,497	11,113,927	-0.3%	0.23%
2044	46,942,712	11,139,125	-0.32%	0.23%
2045	46,778,501	11,163,492	-0.35%	0.22%
2046	46,604,170	11,186,803	-0.37%	0.21%
2047	46,421,312	11,209,183	-0.39%	0.2%
2048	46,230,109	11,230,526	-0.41%	0.19%
2049	46,024,720	11,250,663	-0.44%	0.18%
2050	45,808,469	11,269,877	-0.47%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Spain increased by 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Spain gained 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2006 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.