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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sweden was 10,569,709 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sweden's population is 10,654,722 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Sweden's population is 31.2 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Sweden is ranked the 93rd most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.13% for Sweden vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Sweden has had an average growth rate of +0.88% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sweden has increased from 9.03M people to 10.7M (18% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Sweden is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 11.4M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Sweden vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Sweden Vanuatu
Current population
10654722
341110
Population rank 93/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.004%
One net population change
15.9 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
5.25 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
5.54 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
10.5 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change +50,115 -43
Daily growth/decline +91 +20
Annual growth/decline +33,077 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +0.31% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 148/197 40/197

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

Sweden
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sweden Vanuatu Sweden Vanuatu
1960 7,484,656 64,431 - -
1961 7,519,998 66,264 0.47% 2.84%
1962 7,561,588 68,174 0.55% 2.88%
1963 7,604,328 70,159 0.57% 2.91%
1964 7,661,354 72,219 0.75% 2.94%
1965 7,733,853 74,358 0.95% 2.96%
1966 7,807,797 76,590 0.96% 3%
1967 7,867,931 78,921 0.77% 3.04%
1968 7,912,273 81,314 0.56% 3.03%
1969 7,968,072 83,755 0.71% 3%
1970 8,042,801 86,266 0.94% 3%
1971 8,098,334 88,862 0.69% 3.01%
1972 8,122,300 91,562 0.3% 3.04%
1973 8,136,312 94,362 0.17% 3.06%
1974 8,159,955 97,260 0.29% 3.07%
1975 8,192,437 100,269 0.4% 3.09%
1976 8,222,286 103,388 0.36% 3.11%
1977 8,251,540 106,618 0.36% 3.12%
1978 8,275,599 109,963 0.29% 3.14%
1979 8,293,678 113,040 0.22% 2.8%
1980 8,310,531 115,660 0.2% 2.32%
1981 8,320,503 118,249 0.12% 2.24%
1982 8,325,263 121,035 0.06% 2.36%
1983 8,329,033 123,998 0.05% 2.45%
1984 8,336,605 127,109 0.09% 2.51%
1985 8,350,386 130,356 0.17% 2.55%
1986 8,369,829 133,720 0.23% 2.58%
1987 8,397,804 137,187 0.33% 2.59%
1988 8,436,489 140,756 0.46% 2.6%
1989 8,492,964 144,393 0.67% 2.58%
1990 8,558,835 148,063 0.78% 2.54%
1991 8,617,375 151,793 0.68% 2.52%
1992 8,668,067 155,608 0.59% 2.51%
1993 8,718,561 159,463 0.58% 2.48%
1994 8,780,745 163,314 0.71% 2.41%
1995 8,826,939 167,137 0.53% 2.34%
1996 8,840,998 170,911 0.16% 2.26%
1997 8,846,062 174,626 0.06% 2.17%
1998 8,850,974 178,313 0.06% 2.11%
1999 8,857,874 182,048 0.08% 2.09%
2000 8,872,109 186,281 0.16% 2.33%
2001 8,895,960 191,031 0.27% 2.55%
2002 8,924,958 195,863 0.33% 2.53%
2003 8,958,229 200,746 0.37% 2.49%
2004 8,993,531 205,711 0.39% 2.47%
2005 9,029,572 210,760 0.4% 2.45%
2006 9,080,505 215,923 0.56% 2.45%
2007 9,148,092 221,276 0.74% 2.48%
2008 9,219,637 226,896 0.78% 2.54%
2009 9,298,515 232,731 0.86% 2.57%
2010 9,378,126 238,248 0.86% 2.37%
2011 9,449,213 243,474 0.76% 2.19%
2012 9,519,374 248,883 0.74% 2.22%
2013 9,600,379 254,482 0.85% 2.25%
2014 9,696,110 260,240 1% 2.26%
2015 9,799,186 266,101 1.06% 2.25%
2016 9,923,085 272,087 1.26% 2.25%
2017 10,057,698 278,507 1.36% 2.36%
2018 10,175,214 285,259 1.17% 2.42%
2019 10,278,887 291,985 1.02% 2.36%
2020 10,353,442 298,858 0.73% 2.35%
2021 10,415,811 305,868 0.6% 2.35%
2022 10,486,941 313,046 0.68% 2.35%
2023 10,536,632 320,409 0.47% 2.35%
2024 10,569,709 327,777 0.31% 2.3%
2025 10,619,177 335,169 0.47% 2.26%
2026 10,663,427 342,565 0.42% 2.21%
2027 10,703,497 349,970 0.38% 2.16%
2028 10,740,420 357,397 0.34% 2.12%
2029 10,773,692 364,883 0.31% 2.09%
2030 10,803,699 372,429 0.28% 2.07%
2031 10,830,583 380,015 0.25% 2.04%
2032 10,855,855 387,657 0.23% 2.01%
2033 10,880,544 395,366 0.23% 1.99%
2034 10,903,924 403,188 0.21% 1.98%
2035 10,926,433 411,061 0.21% 1.95%
2036 10,949,062 419,006 0.21% 1.93%
2037 10,971,259 427,031 0.2% 1.92%
2038 10,993,203 435,150 0.2% 1.9%
2039 11,015,926 443,311 0.21% 1.88%
2040 11,039,663 451,509 0.22% 1.85%
2041 11,063,604 459,733 0.22% 1.82%
2042 11,088,299 468,003 0.22% 1.8%
2043 11,113,927 476,308 0.23% 1.77%
2044 11,139,125 484,636 0.23% 1.75%
2045 11,163,492 492,989 0.22% 1.72%
2046 11,186,803 501,316 0.21% 1.69%
2047 11,209,183 509,621 0.2% 1.66%
2048 11,230,526 517,889 0.19% 1.62%
2049 11,250,663 526,138 0.18% 1.59%
2050 11,269,877 534,374 0.17% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sweden increased by 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sweden gained 855,536 (a 8.73% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Sweden was ranked 88th most populous country in 2005 and is 93rd in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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