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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sweden was 10,569,709 in 2024 vs 71,668,011 people in Thailand in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sweden's population is 10,654,722 people compared to 71,619,867 in Thailand.

Population statistics:

  • Thailand's population is 6.72 times bigger than Sweden's.
  • Sweden is ranked the 93rd most populous country in the world, while Thailand is the 21st.
  • The countries together account for 1% of the world: 0.13% for Sweden vs 0.87% for Thailand.
  • For the last 10 years, Sweden has had an average growth rate of +0.88% per year vs +0.23% in Thailand.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sweden has increased from 9.03M people to 10.7M (18% growth), while Thailand has grown from 66M to 71.6M (8.49% growth).
  • Sweden is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 11.4M people, while Thailand's population already peaked in 2022 at 71.7M people and is projected to decrease to 45.6M people by 2100.

Sweden vs Thailand: live population counter

Sweden Thailand
Current population
10654722
71619867
Population rank 93/197 21/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.87%
One net population change
15.9 minutes
15.3 minutes
One birth every
5.25 minutes
53.3 seconds
One death every
5.54 minutes
49.5 seconds
One migration net change every
10.5 minutes
22.5 minutes
Annual migration change +50,115 +23,321
Daily growth/decline +91 -94
Annual growth/decline +33,077 -34,424
Annual growth/decline rate +0.31% -0.05%
Population growth rate rank 148/197 170/197

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

Sweden
Population

Growth rate
Thailand
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sweden Thailand Sweden Thailand
1960 7,484,656 26,851,747 - -
1961 7,519,998 27,650,334 0.47% 2.97%
1962 7,561,588 28,481,040 0.55% 3%
1963 7,604,328 29,342,322 0.57% 3.02%
1964 7,661,354 30,232,141 0.75% 3.03%
1965 7,733,853 31,149,337 0.95% 3.03%
1966 7,807,797 32,086,071 0.96% 3.01%
1967 7,867,931 33,037,801 0.77% 2.97%
1968 7,912,273 34,002,560 0.56% 2.92%
1969 7,968,072 34,973,782 0.71% 2.86%
1970 8,042,801 35,954,408 0.94% 2.8%
1971 8,098,334 36,937,387 0.69% 2.73%
1972 8,122,300 37,933,929 0.3% 2.7%
1973 8,136,312 38,947,787 0.17% 2.67%
1974 8,159,955 39,952,891 0.29% 2.58%
1975 8,192,437 40,940,005 0.4% 2.47%
1976 8,222,286 41,896,504 0.36% 2.34%
1977 8,251,540 42,843,974 0.36% 2.26%
1978 8,275,599 43,788,976 0.29% 2.21%
1979 8,293,678 44,718,434 0.22% 2.12%
1980 8,310,531 45,650,022 0.2% 2.08%
1981 8,320,503 46,575,855 0.12% 2.03%
1982 8,325,263 47,494,577 0.06% 1.97%
1983 8,329,033 48,423,309 0.05% 1.96%
1984 8,336,605 49,351,708 0.09% 1.92%
1985 8,350,386 50,270,753 0.17% 1.86%
1986 8,369,829 51,177,834 0.23% 1.8%
1987 8,397,804 52,074,105 0.33% 1.75%
1988 8,436,489 52,969,595 0.46% 1.72%
1989 8,492,964 53,848,956 0.67% 1.66%
1990 8,558,835 54,738,329 0.78% 1.65%
1991 8,617,375 55,637,434 0.68% 1.64%
1992 8,668,067 56,528,834 0.59% 1.6%
1993 8,718,561 57,408,198 0.58% 1.56%
1994 8,780,745 58,260,854 0.71% 1.49%
1995 8,826,939 59,098,232 0.53% 1.44%
1996 8,840,998 59,920,064 0.16% 1.39%
1997 8,846,062 60,724,584 0.06% 1.34%
1998 8,850,974 61,522,630 0.06% 1.31%
1999 8,857,874 62,299,043 0.08% 1.26%
2000 8,872,109 63,007,815 0.16% 1.14%
2001 8,895,960 63,651,141 0.27% 1.02%
2002 8,924,958 64,266,437 0.33% 0.97%
2003 8,958,229 64,868,166 0.37% 0.94%
2004 8,993,531 65,452,047 0.39% 0.9%
2005 9,029,572 66,017,420 0.4% 0.86%
2006 9,080,505 66,567,687 0.56% 0.83%
2007 9,148,092 67,102,394 0.74% 0.8%
2008 9,219,637 67,619,830 0.78% 0.77%
2009 9,298,515 68,121,080 0.86% 0.74%
2010 9,378,126 68,579,447 0.86% 0.67%
2011 9,449,213 69,007,208 0.76% 0.62%
2012 9,519,374 69,436,098 0.74% 0.62%
2013 9,600,379 69,845,114 0.85% 0.59%
2014 9,696,110 70,216,367 1% 0.53%
2015 9,799,186 70,540,795 1.06% 0.46%
2016 9,923,085 70,859,841 1.26% 0.45%
2017 10,057,698 71,160,187 1.36% 0.42%
2018 10,175,214 71,376,079 1.17% 0.3%
2019 10,278,887 71,522,271 1.02% 0.2%
2020 10,353,442 71,641,484 0.73% 0.17%
2021 10,415,811 71,727,332 0.6% 0.12%
2022 10,486,941 71,735,329 0.68% 0.01%
2023 10,536,632 71,702,435 0.47% -0.05%
2024 10,569,709 71,668,011 0.31% -0.05%
2025 10,619,177 71,619,867 0.47% -0.07%
2026 10,663,427 71,559,621 0.42% -0.08%
2027 10,703,497 71,488,156 0.38% -0.1%
2028 10,740,420 71,406,996 0.34% -0.11%
2029 10,773,692 71,316,195 0.31% -0.13%
2030 10,803,699 71,215,017 0.28% -0.14%
2031 10,830,583 71,104,025 0.25% -0.16%
2032 10,855,855 70,982,286 0.23% -0.17%
2033 10,880,544 70,847,947 0.23% -0.19%
2034 10,903,924 70,701,651 0.21% -0.21%
2035 10,926,433 70,540,884 0.21% -0.23%
2036 10,949,062 70,366,496 0.21% -0.25%
2037 10,971,259 70,180,031 0.2% -0.26%
2038 10,993,203 69,979,034 0.2% -0.29%
2039 11,015,926 69,763,928 0.21% -0.31%
2040 11,039,663 69,535,003 0.22% -0.33%
2041 11,063,604 69,288,477 0.22% -0.35%
2042 11,088,299 69,025,348 0.22% -0.38%
2043 11,113,927 68,748,075 0.23% -0.4%
2044 11,139,125 68,456,533 0.23% -0.42%
2045 11,163,492 68,150,148 0.22% -0.45%
2046 11,186,803 67,827,309 0.21% -0.47%
2047 11,209,183 67,489,358 0.2% -0.5%
2048 11,230,526 67,136,737 0.19% -0.52%
2049 11,250,663 66,767,316 0.18% -0.55%
2050 11,269,877 66,382,732 0.17% -0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sweden increased by 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sweden gained 855,536 (a 8.73% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Sweden was ranked 88th most populous country in 2005 and is 93rd in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sweden's population will grow by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.

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