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Portugal vs Sweden: Population

Portugal
10.43 million people
in 2023
Sweden
10.55 million people
in 2023
Portugal rank
91st
Sweden rank
90th

Population over time

  • Portugal
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 10.55 million people against 10.43 million people in Portugal, a difference of 120,800 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 91st and Sweden ranks 90th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 39 and Sweden in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Sweden Difference Ahead
1000s 550,565 people 400,000 people 150,565 people Portugal
1100s 688,207 people 470,000 people 218,207 people Portugal
1200s 825,848 people 540,000 people 285,848 people Portugal
1300s 1.15 million people 1.10 million people 47,010 people Portugal
1400s 825,848 people 433,628 people 392,220 people Portugal
1500s 1.15 million people 507,784 people 639,226 people Portugal
1600s 1.84 million people 766,244 people 1.07 million people Portugal
1700s 1.84 million people 1.37 million people 467,050 people Portugal
1710s 2.43 million people 1.42 million people 1.00 million people Portugal
1720s 2.51 million people 1.45 million people 1.05 million people Portugal
1730s 2.56 million people 1.62 million people 937,080 people Portugal
1740s 2.61 million people 1.72 million people 889,300 people Portugal
1750s 2.66 million people 1.77 million people 889,560 people Portugal
1760s 2.72 million people 1.92 million people 801,040 people Portugal
1770s 2.77 million people 2.04 million people 735,490 people Portugal
1780s 2.83 million people 2.10 million people 724,680 people Portugal
1790s 2.89 million people 2.19 million people 697,960 people Portugal
1800s 2.87 million people 2.45 million people 412,707 people Portugal
1810s 3.14 million people 2.48 million people 660,533 people Portugal
1820s 3.38 million people 2.71 million people 675,086 people Portugal
1830s 3.59 million people 2.99 million people 600,624 people Portugal
1840s 3.75 million people 3.27 million people 479,925 people Portugal
1850s 3.90 million people 3.62 million people 275,964 people Portugal
1860s 4.14 million people 3.98 million people 168,485 people Portugal
1870s 4.45 million people 4.35 million people 102,368 people Portugal
1880s 4.79 million people 4.67 million people 124,142 people Portugal
1890s 5.19 million people 4.94 million people 252,048 people Portugal
1900s 5.61 million people 5.27 million people 336,398 people Portugal
1910s 5.94 million people 5.65 million people 288,672 people Portugal
1920s 6.36 million people 6.00 million people 356,634 people Portugal
1930s 7.17 million people 6.25 million people 921,125 people Portugal
1940s 8.00 million people 6.66 million people 1.34 million people Portugal
1950s 8.63 million people 7.24 million people 1.39 million people Portugal
1960s 8.86 million people 7.71 million people 1.15 million people Portugal
1970s 9.13 million people 8.18 million people 952,215 people Portugal
1980s 9.93 million people 8.37 million people 1.57 million people Portugal
1990s 10.05 million people 8.76 million people 1.29 million people Portugal
2000s 10.47 million people 9.04 million people 1.43 million people Portugal
2010s 10.42 million people 9.79 million people 635,031 people Portugal
2020s 10.40 million people 10.45 million people 49,825 people Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Portugal or Sweden?
Sweden, at 10.55 million people against 10.43 million people in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Portugal and Sweden?
120,800 people, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sweden?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Portugal and Sweden rank globally for population?
Portugal ranks 91st and Sweden ranks 90th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.