Population of the Swedish Counties

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Swedish Counties

The tables below tell how many thousands of inhabitants each Swedish county had (called län in Swedish). Because the statistics come from several sources which do not refer to the same territories have different colours been used. The statistics in blue text are from International Historical Statistics 1750-1993 by B.R. Mitchell and refers to the counties within their historical borders, that is why there are no population figures for some counties that did not exist at the year in question. The statistics in green text are from Lennart Andersson Palm's book Folkmängden i Sveriges socknar och kommuner 1571-1991 and refers to the so called "Emigration counties", i.e. the county borders that existed during the larger part of this time period. The statistics before 1750 are however not based on official population statistics and are instead just estimates. These estimates have by some been criticised to be to low (especially the years 1571 and 1620). The statistics in purple text are from SCB (the national bureau of statistics in Sweden), the figures for those counties that ceased to exist during the 90s are based on the combined population of the municipalities (kommuner), which those counties consisted of.

	1571	1620	1699	1718	1735	1750	1751	1760	1772	1780	1795
Stockholm city Stockholm county Uppsala Södermanland Östergötland	10 35 30 27 38	9 36 32 38 54	57 61 52 72 90	57 68 56 70 90	57 88 58 74 122	54 90 63 79 128	63 83 70 84 127	69 94 66 82 133	72 99 70 87 141	68 91 76 89 145	75 93 78 94 155
Jönköping Kronoberg Kalmar Gotland Blekinge	31 24 27 12 12	56 39 35 12 17	77 40 71 18 33	67 42 75 18 36	98 59 85 23 43	104 66 89 24 35	95 67 95 23 45	113 71 105 25 40	116 74 116 28 54	117 80 119 30 56	113 86 130 30 60
Kristianstad Malmöhus Halland Göteborg & Bohus Älvsborg	45 66 27 25 41	53 73 39 34 70	64 78 46 55 93	71 81 49 58 97	83 97 56 74 112	91 106 58 80 126	87 102 58 76 114	94 108 62 81 120	100 116 66 88 127	106 125 68 94 136	113 137 70 111 148
Skaraborg Värmland Örebro Västmanland Dalarna	37 11 17 26 28	61 21 31 37 39	104 55 62 59 69	97 63 63 59 78	94 94 70 69 92	109 - 172 71 97	112 93 78 71 98	106 - 184 73 105	110 - 194 77 110	125 109 78 112	135 130 95 81 119
Gävleborg Västernorrland Jämtland Västerbotten Norrbotten	22 20 12 7 7	26 16 12 7 8	42 24 17 11 14	45 26 17 11 14	51 33 19 15 20	- 110 - 36 -	54 36 21 16 20	- 120 - 41 -	68 67 - 44 -	66 47 27 23 27	81 79 - 68 -
Värmland was until 1779 a part of Örebro county. Gävleborg and Jämtland belonged to Västernorrland county before they became counties of their own in 1762 and 1810. Norrbotten was a part of Västerbotten county until 1810.
	1800	1805	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Stockholm city Stockholm county Uppsala Södermanland Östergötland	76 96 81 97 158	73 99 84 99 162	65 97 81 99 163	76 98 80 101 173	81 104 82 108 188	84 110 85 115 207	93 115 89 120 222	112 122 93 127 241	136 131 101 136 254	169 147 111 147 267	246 153 121 155 267
Jönköping Kronoberg Kalmar Gotland Blekinge	114 88 130 31 62	117 89 138 33 67	116 90 138 33 69	122 96 150 36 79	137 109 166 39 86	150 121 185 42 96	163 137 202 45 108	171 152 221 50 118	180 159 233 54 126	196 170 245 55 137	194 161 233 51 143
Kristianstad Malmöhus Halland Göteborg & Bohus Älvsborg	117 142 72 117 153	120 150 74 118 156	121 154 74 117 152	135 177 80 135 170	150 200 89 154 198	166 222 95 165 219	190 253 106 188 246	210 284 120 214 269	222 316 127 232 279	231 349 135 262 289	222 369 136 298 276
Skaraborg Värmland Örebro Västmanland Dalarna	136 135 95 82 123	139 140 102 85 124	135 135 95 82 119	149 148 100 86 122	167 173 116 89 135	181 196 125 92 138	200 222 138 97 151	222 247 152 103 170	244 260 168 114 176	258 268 182 128 190	247 253 183 137 197
Gävleborg Västernorrland Jämtland Västerbotten Norrbotten	83 85 - 71 -	84 60 33 32 36	84 61 33 34 32	92 67 37 40 37	103 78 42 50 44	110 86 46 55 49	120 100 52 68 59	136 117 61 81 69	147 135 70 92 76	179 169 84 106 91	207 209 100 123 105

	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Stockholm city Stockholm county Uppsala Södermanland Östergötland	301 173 124 167 279	342 229 128 179 294	419 243 137 190 306	502 265 138 189 307	591 288 138 192 317	744 357 155 214 348	809 461 168 228 358	747 730 217 248 382	647 881 244 253 393	679 975 269 256 403	751 1 073 294 256 411
Jönköping Kronoberg Kalmar Gotland Blekinge	203 159 228 53 146	214 158 228 55 149	228 159 231 56 147	232 156 231 57 145	242 151 228 59 145	271 158 237 59 146	285 159 236 54 144	307 167 241 54 154	303 174 242 55 154	308 178 241 57 150	311 177 235 57 150
Kristianstad Malmöhus Halland Göteborg & Bohus Älvsborg	219 409 142 337 280	228 457 147 381 288	241 487 149 425 300	246 511 150 457 313	248 530 152 486 329	259 582 163 557 359	256 626 170 625 375	264 719 193 715 403	280 743 231 711 425	289 779 255 740 441	289 840 275 793 447
Skaraborg Värmland Örebro Västmanland Dalarna	241 254 195 148 218	241 260 207 156 234	244 269 219 169 254	242 270 219 162 250	239 268 226 169 249	248 281 247 204 267	250 291 262 233 286	257 284 277 260 277	270 284 274 260 287	277 283 272 258 289	271 275 274 257 278
Gävleborg Västernorrland Jämtland Västerbotten Norrbotten	238 232 111 144 135	254 251 118 161 161	268 265 134 182 183	280 279 135 204 200	274 275 139 220 216	285 284 144 232 241	293 286 140 240 262	293 274 125 233 255	294 268 135 244 267	289 261 136 252 264	279 247 130 256 256

Stockholm city was incorporated with Stockholm county 1968 but they are recorded separately after that year in order to ease comparisons . It's the same thing with Kristianstad and Malmöhus counties which were merged to form Skåne county 1997 as well as Skaraborg, Älvsborg and Göteborg & Bohuslän which were merged to form Västra Götalands county 1998. Dalarna county was called Kopparberg county before 1997.