The data in this blog post have been collected from the Swedish institute of statistics, SCB.
Please note that the given numbers may differ from the data presented on seb.se at this very moment.
Marriages
During 2025 there were 44 040 marriages throughout the year. The most popular month to hold a wedding this year was August with 7346 marriages, followed by June (6329), July (5682) and September (4265).
These numbers are quite consistent with the numbers from previous years, seeing that the number of marriages hit a low point in 2001 (39 000 marriages) due to the pandemic. In 2010 the numbers went up again and approximately 57 000 marriages were registered.
Divorces
While divorce is the most common reason for marriages to end, there’s also a large number of marriages that end due to the death of either one party.
The numbers presented below show only the number of ended marriages due to divorce.
In 2025 the number of registered divorces in Sweden were 19704. The year before, namely in 2024, 21 672 divorces were registered.
Population
In November 2025 there were 10 608 003 inhabitants in Sweden (all ages). According to statistics collected from scb.se, 5 332 482 of them were men and 5 275 520 were women.
In 2024 there were 4 971 975 households in Sweden. Ten years earlier, 2014, the number of households were 4 432 614.
Employment
Statistic show that the employment rate in November 2024 was 69,0 %.
The unemployment rate from that same reference period was 9,0 %.
Births
During the first half of 2025 there were 49 700 births in Sweden. That number is the lowest number of births during the same period of reference in 23 years.
The total number of registered births in 2025: 98 000 (approx.).
Number of children per woman in 2025: No numbers available on scb.se as per todays date.
The total number of registered births in 2024: 99 000 (approx.).
Number of children per woman in 2024: 1,43.
Popular names
Girls top 5 in 2024:
Alma, Alice, Olivia, Vera and Elsa.
Boys top 5 in 2024:
Noah, William, Hugo, Liam and Adam.
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