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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sweden was 10,569,709 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sweden's population is 10,654,722 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 4.01 times bigger than Sweden's.
  • Sweden is ranked the 93rd most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.13% for Sweden vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, Sweden has had an average growth rate of +0.88% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sweden has increased from 9.03M people to 10.7M (18% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • Sweden is projected to reach its peak in 2079 at 11.4M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.

Sweden vs Yemen: live population counter

Sweden Yemen
Current population
10654722
42727988
Population rank 93/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.52%
One net population change
15.9 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
5.25 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
5.54 minutes
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
10.5 minutes
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change +50,115 -10,482
Daily growth/decline +91 +3,267
Annual growth/decline +33,077 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate +0.31% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 148/197 14/197

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

Sweden
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sweden Yemen Sweden Yemen
1960 7,484,656 5,532,301 - -
1961 7,519,998 5,655,232 0.47% 2.22%
1962 7,561,588 5,782,221 0.55% 2.25%
1963 7,604,328 5,911,135 0.57% 2.23%
1964 7,661,354 6,048,006 0.75% 2.32%
1965 7,733,853 6,195,593 0.95% 2.44%
1966 7,807,797 6,351,494 0.96% 2.52%
1967 7,867,931 6,516,444 0.77% 2.6%
1968 7,912,273 6,690,524 0.56% 2.67%
1969 7,968,072 6,875,859 0.71% 2.77%
1970 8,042,801 7,065,279 0.94% 2.75%
1971 8,098,334 7,257,462 0.69% 2.72%
1972 8,122,300 7,460,068 0.3% 2.79%
1973 8,136,312 7,672,796 0.17% 2.85%
1974 8,159,955 7,896,783 0.29% 2.92%
1975 8,192,437 8,133,598 0.4% 3%
1976 8,222,286 8,384,113 0.36% 3.08%
1977 8,251,540 8,648,222 0.36% 3.15%
1978 8,275,599 8,926,586 0.29% 3.22%
1979 8,293,678 9,224,194 0.22% 3.33%
1980 8,310,531 9,543,358 0.2% 3.46%
1981 8,320,503 9,882,362 0.12% 3.55%
1982 8,325,263 10,241,006 0.06% 3.63%
1983 8,329,033 10,621,499 0.05% 3.72%
1984 8,336,605 11,025,597 0.09% 3.8%
1985 8,350,386 11,453,825 0.17% 3.88%
1986 8,369,829 11,901,040 0.23% 3.9%
1987 8,397,804 12,369,912 0.33% 3.94%
1988 8,436,489 12,859,708 0.46% 3.96%
1989 8,492,964 13,364,174 0.67% 3.92%
1990 8,558,835 13,887,862 0.78% 3.92%
1991 8,617,375 14,430,201 0.68% 3.91%
1992 8,668,067 14,989,494 0.59% 3.88%
1993 8,718,561 15,563,914 0.58% 3.83%
1994 8,780,745 16,149,147 0.71% 3.76%
1995 8,826,939 16,740,058 0.53% 3.66%
1996 8,840,998 17,313,177 0.16% 3.42%
1997 8,846,062 17,873,936 0.06% 3.24%
1998 8,850,974 18,446,013 0.06% 3.2%
1999 8,857,874 19,029,420 0.08% 3.16%
2000 8,872,109 19,624,141 0.16% 3.13%
2001 8,895,960 20,226,147 0.27% 3.07%
2002 8,924,958 20,835,086 0.33% 3.01%
2003 8,958,229 21,456,379 0.37% 2.98%
2004 8,993,531 22,095,167 0.39% 2.98%
2005 9,029,572 22,790,085 0.4% 3.15%
2006 9,080,505 23,543,083 0.56% 3.3%
2007 9,148,092 24,318,082 0.74% 3.29%
2008 9,219,637 25,111,941 0.78% 3.26%
2009 9,298,515 25,927,724 0.86% 3.25%
2010 9,378,126 26,754,387 0.86% 3.19%
2011 9,449,213 27,582,897 0.76% 3.1%
2012 9,519,374 28,433,647 0.74% 3.08%
2013 9,600,379 29,312,952 0.85% 3.09%
2014 9,696,110 30,226,309 1% 3.12%
2015 9,799,186 31,159,379 1.06% 3.09%
2016 9,923,085 32,109,010 1.26% 3.05%
2017 10,057,698 33,090,921 1.36% 3.06%
2018 10,175,214 34,085,182 1.17% 3%
2019 10,278,887 35,111,408 1.02% 3.01%
2020 10,353,442 36,134,863 0.73% 2.91%
2021 10,415,811 37,140,230 0.6% 2.78%
2022 10,486,941 38,222,876 0.68% 2.92%
2023 10,536,632 39,390,799 0.47% 3.06%
2024 10,569,709 40,583,164 0.31% 3.03%
2025 10,619,177 41,773,871 0.47% 2.93%
2026 10,663,427 42,961,650 0.42% 2.84%
2027 10,703,497 44,145,620 0.38% 2.76%
2028 10,740,420 45,323,685 0.34% 2.67%
2029 10,773,692 46,497,573 0.31% 2.59%
2030 10,803,699 47,667,649 0.28% 2.52%
2031 10,830,583 48,827,503 0.25% 2.43%
2032 10,855,855 49,979,089 0.23% 2.36%
2033 10,880,544 51,129,867 0.23% 2.3%
2034 10,903,924 52,279,989 0.21% 2.25%
2035 10,926,433 53,429,308 0.21% 2.2%
2036 10,949,062 54,578,046 0.21% 2.15%
2037 10,971,259 55,724,259 0.2% 2.1%
2038 10,993,203 56,872,152 0.2% 2.06%
2039 11,015,926 58,024,713 0.21% 2.03%
2040 11,039,663 59,181,514 0.22% 1.99%
2041 11,063,604 60,345,667 0.22% 1.97%
2042 11,088,299 61,517,965 0.22% 1.94%
2043 11,113,927 62,696,517 0.23% 1.92%
2044 11,139,125 63,880,172 0.23% 1.89%
2045 11,163,492 65,066,344 0.22% 1.86%
2046 11,186,803 66,253,578 0.21% 1.82%
2047 11,209,183 67,438,796 0.2% 1.79%
2048 11,230,526 68,620,844 0.19% 1.75%
2049 11,250,663 69,799,794 0.18% 1.72%
2050 11,269,877 70,976,389 0.17% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sweden increased by 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sweden gained 855,536 (a 8.73% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Sweden was ranked 88th most populous country in 2005 and is 93rd in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.

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