Romania vs Sweden: Urban population

Romania
9.92 million
in 2025
Sweden
9.44 million
in 2025
Romania rank
67th
Sweden rank
69th

Urban population over time

  • Romania
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Romania currently reports 9.92 million against 9.44 million in Sweden, a difference of 484,180.

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

Across all 66 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Globally, Romania ranks 67th and Sweden ranks 69th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.