Denmark vs Sweden: Population growth rate

Denmark

0.5%

in 2023

Sweden

0.6%

in 2023

Denmark rank

143rd

Sweden rank

141st

Population growth rate over time

Sweden currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Denmark, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sweden ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 143rd and Sweden ranks 141st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.