# NUTS 3 areas of Sweden by population on 31 December, 2025

All 21 values come from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån, SCB) for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_dec31`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population on 31 December of the reported year.
- Source: Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån, SCB), Statistics Sweden, table TAB628: population by region, sex and year (31 December) (https://statistikdatabasen.scb.se/api/v2/tables/TAB628/data?lang=en&outputFormat=json-stat2&valuecodes%5BContentsCode%5D=BE0101U2&valuecodes%5BKon%5D=1%2B2&valuecodes%5BRegion%5D=*&valuecodes%5BTid%5D=*)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/statistics-sweden
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: Source: Statistics Sweden. Statistics Sweden, table TAB628: population by region, sex and year (31 December). https://statistikdatabasen.scb.se/api/v2/tables/TAB628/data?lang=en&outputFormat=json-stat2&valuecodes%5BContentsCode%5D=BE0101U2&valuecodes%5BKon%5D=1%2B2&valuecodes%5BRegion%5D=*&valuecodes%5BTid%5D=*. Retrieved 2026-10-11. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-december-31/sweden-provinces

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Stockholms län | 2,486,251 |
| 2 | Västra Götalands län | 1,777,803 |
| 3 | Skåne län | 1,433,083 |
| 4 | Östergötlands län | 472,529 |
| 5 | Uppsala län | 410,575 |
| 6 | Jönköpings län | 369,722 |
| 7 | Hallands län | 346,090 |
| 8 | Örebro län | 308,357 |
| 9 | Södermanlands län | 300,440 |
| 10 | Dalarnas län | 286,043 |
| 11 | Gävleborgs län | 283,452 |
| 12 | Värmlands län | 283,037 |
| 13 | Västmanlands län | 280,756 |
| 14 | Västerbottens län | 279,028 |
| 15 | Norrbottens län | 248,927 |
| 16 | Kalmar län | 245,477 |
| 17 | Västernorrlands län | 240,640 |
| 18 | Kronobergs län | 203,121 |
| 19 | Blekinge län | 156,616 |
| 20 | Jämtlands län | 132,736 |
| 21 | Gotlands län | 60,852 |