# NUTS 3 areas of Sweden by population, 2025

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Population on 1 January by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanaggr3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/sweden-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/sweden-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Stockholms län | 2,473,307 |
| 2 | Västra Götalands län | 1,772,821 |
| 3 | Skåne län | 1,428,626 |
| 4 | Östergötlands län | 472,446 |
| 5 | Uppsala län | 407,912 |
| 6 | Jönköpings län | 370,009 |
| 7 | Hallands län | 345,074 |
| 8 | Örebro län | 308,375 |
| 9 | Södermanlands län | 301,542 |
| 10 | Dalarnas län | 286,546 |
| 11 | Gävleborgs län | 284,558 |
| 12 | Värmlands län | 283,384 |
| 13 | Västmanlands län | 281,158 |
| 14 | Västerbottens län | 281,138 |
| 15 | Norrbottens län | 248,620 |
| 16 | Kalmar län | 246,352 |
| 17 | Västernorrlands län | 241,458 |
| 18 | Kronobergs län | 203,351 |
| 19 | Blekinge län | 157,223 |
| 20 | Jämtlands län | 132,839 |
| 21 | Gotlands län | 60,971 |