Sweden vs United States: Population growth rate

Sweden

0.6%

in 2023

United States

0.6%

in 2023

Sweden rank

141st

United States rank

138th

Population growth rate over time

United States currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Sweden, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

Globally, Sweden ranks 141st and United States ranks 138th 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.