Statistics from SCB
Västra Götalands län
Population, population change and age structure in Göteborg, compared with Sweden. Statistics from SCB.
Population
613,278
31 December 2025
Five-year change
+5.2%
2020–2025
Sweden: +2.2%
Calculated by sverige.fyi from SCB data
Population trend
Population on 31 December each year, 2015–2025.
| Year | Residents |
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| 2015 | 548,190 |
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| 2016 | 556,640 |
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| 2017 | 564,039 |
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| 2018 | 571,868 |
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| 2019 | 579,281 |
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| 2020 | 583,056 |
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| 2021 | 587,549 |
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| 2022 | 596,841 |
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| 2023 | 604,616 |
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| 2024 | 608,993 |
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| 2025 | 613,278 |
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Age structure
Share of the population in each five-year age group, 2025.
Göteborg Sweden
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| Age | Göteborg · Share | Göteborg · Count | Sweden · Share | Sweden · Count |
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| Ages 0–4 | 5.2% | 32,089 | 4.9% | 522,283 |
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| Ages 5–9 | 5.1% | 31,086 | 5.6% | 598,642 |
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| Ages 10–14 | 5.1% | 31,573 | 5.9% | 624,495 |
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| Ages 15–19 | 5.4% | 33,182 | 6.0% | 634,336 |
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| Ages 20–24 | 7.3% | 44,630 | 5.7% | 602,824 |
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| Ages 25–29 | 8.7% | 53,170 | 5.8% | 618,019 |
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| Ages 30–34 | 9.1% | 56,073 | 7.0% | 745,695 |
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| Ages 35–39 | 8.2% | 50,243 | 7.1% | 756,657 |
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| Ages 40–44 | 6.8% | 41,752 | 6.3% | 667,164 |
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| Ages 45–49 | 6.1% | 37,345 | 6.0% | 638,977 |
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| Ages 50–54 | 5.9% | 36,434 | 6.3% | 667,467 |
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| Ages 55–59 | 5.6% | 34,261 | 6.3% | 663,165 |
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| Ages 60–64 | 5.2% | 32,189 | 5.9% | 630,264 |
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| Ages 65–69 | 4.4% | 27,073 | 5.2% | 550,159 |
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| Ages 70–74 | 3.8% | 23,305 | 4.8% | 505,291 |
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| Ages 75–79 | 3.5% | 21,344 | 4.7% | 496,130 |
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| Ages 80–84 | 2.5% | 15,173 | 3.6% | 379,771 |
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| Ages 85–89 | 1.3% | 7,801 | 1.9% | 196,920 |
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| Ages 90–94 | 0.6% | 3,397 | 0.8% | 82,062 |
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| Ages 95–99 | 0.2% | 991 | 0.2% | 22,225 |
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| 100 years or older | 0.0% | 163 | 0.0% | 2,988 |
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