The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,481,937 (May 2022), making it the 15th-most populous country in Europe after Czech Republic, the 10th-most populous member state of the European Union, and the 87th-most populous country in the world. The total fertility rate was rated at 1.66 in 2020, which is far below the replacement rate of 2.1. The population exceeded 10 million for the first time on Friday, 20 January 2017. The three largest cities are Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Sweden's population has become much more ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse over the past 70 years as a result of immigration. Every fourth (24.9%) resident in the country has a foreign background and every third (32.3%) has at least one parent born abroad. The most common foreign ancestry is Finnish. Statistics Sweden projects a Swedish population of 12.6 million in 2070. Population Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review. One birth every 4 minutes One death every 6 minutes Net gain of one person every 8 minutes One net migrant every 14 minutes Cities Sweden has 17 cities with a population of over 100,000 people. Most of Sweden's population lives in Svealand and Götaland. Fertility The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation. Life expectancy Sources: Our World In Data and the United Nations. 1751–1949 1950–2015 Source: UN World Population Prospects Statistics Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population 10,202,491 (July 2020 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 17.54% (male 904,957 /female 855,946) 15-24 years: 11.06% (male 573,595 /female 537,358) 25-54 years: 39.37% (male 2,005,422 /female 1,947,245) 55-64 years: 11.67% (male 588,314 /female 583,002) 65 years and over: 20.37% (male 946,170 /female 1,098,986) (2018 est.) 0-14 years: 17.43% (male 892,462/female 843,375) 15-24 years: 11.31% (male 581,025/female 545,971) 25-54 years: 39.42% (male 1,993,590/female 1,933,080) 55-64 years: 11.58% (male 578,942/female 574,479) 65 years and over: 20.26% (male 931,593/female 1,085,970) (2017 est.) Median age total: 41.1 years. Country comparison to the world: 45th male: 40.1 years female: 42.2 years (2018 est.) total: 41.2 years male: 40.2 years female: 42.2 years (2017 est.) Birth rate 12.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 164th 11.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.) Death rate 9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)