Population in Karlstad

Population, population change and age structure in Karlstad, compared with Sweden. Statistics from SCB.

Population

99,007

31 December 2025

Five-year change

+4.4%

2020–2025

Sweden: +2.2%

Calculated by sverige.fyi from SCB data

Population trend

Population on 31 December each year, 2015–2025.

2015
89,245

2025
99,007

2024 → 2025

Source: SCB · TAB638, TAB5557

Share of the population in each five-year age group, 2025.

Karlstad Sweden

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Age	Karlstad · Share	Karlstad · Count	Sweden · Share	Sweden · Count
Ages 0–4	4.4%	4,376	4.9%	522,283
Ages 5–9	5.1%	5,090	5.6%	598,642
Ages 10–14	5.4%	5,308	5.9%	624,495
Ages 15–19	5.7%	5,604	6.0%	634,336
Ages 20–24	8.3%	8,243	5.7%	602,824
Ages 25–29	7.2%	7,098	5.8%	618,019
Ages 30–34	7.3%	7,231	7.0%	745,695
Ages 35–39	6.6%	6,541	7.1%	756,657
Ages 40–44	5.8%	5,769	6.3%	667,164
Ages 45–49	5.5%	5,434	6.0%	638,977
Ages 50–54	6.0%	5,950	6.3%	667,467
Ages 55–59	6.0%	5,932	6.3%	663,165
Ages 60–64	5.7%	5,618	5.9%	630,264
Ages 65–69	5.1%	5,041	5.2%	550,159
Ages 70–74	4.7%	4,697	4.8%	505,291
Ages 75–79	4.6%	4,597	4.7%	496,130
Ages 80–84	3.5%	3,496	3.6%	379,771
Ages 85–89	1.9%	1,895	1.9%	196,920
Ages 90–94	0.8%	841	0.8%	82,062
Ages 95–99	0.2%	206	0.2%	22,225
100 years or older	0.0%	36	0.0%	2,988

Source: SCB · TAB5557