Largest cities in Sweden by population
The 13 cities the United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2024 lists for Sweden: the capital and every city of 100,000 or more, with the latest figure the country reported. The largest is Stockholm with 1,613,975 people.
Who runs cities in Sweden?
Municipalities (kommuner, 290): Municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) elected every four years; it appoints an executive committee (kommunstyrelse). Schools, childcare, elderly care, social services, planning and building, water, waste. They set their own income tax rate.
How local power works in Sweden · Level 3: local councils worldwide
| # | City | Population | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockholm (capital) | 1,613,975 | 1 January 2024 |
| 2 | Göteborg | 715,881 | 1 January 2024 |
| 3 | Malmö | 362,133 | 1 January 2024 |
| 4 | Uppsala | 245,328 | 1 January 2024 |
| 5 | Linköping | 167,403 | 1 January 2024 |
| 6 | Västerås | 159,661 | 1 January 2024 |
| 7 | Orebro | 159,348 | 1 January 2024 |
| 8 | Helsingborg | 151,307 | 1 January 2024 |
| 9 | Norrköping | 145,164 | 1 January 2024 |
| 10 | Umeå | 133,093 | 1 January 2024 |
| 11 | Lund | 130,291 | 1 January 2024 |
| 12 | Borås | 114,592 | 1 January 2024 |
| 13 | Södertälje | 102,518 | 1 January 2024 |
Countries define a city in different ways (the city proper, or the wider urban area) and report in different years, so cities in different countries are not always comparable.
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Sources
- United Nations Statistics Division: Demographic Yearbook 2024, Table 8: Population of capital cities and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants, latest available year, 2005-2024, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0c6784df022e…)
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