Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden ranked by population.
Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.
| Rank | Urban Area | Population Estimate (2025) | 1 Year Change (over 2024) | Land Area (Km²) | Density (P/Km²) | Global Rank | Projections (2030) | Projections (2050) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockholm | 1,500,093 | 0.81% | 338 | 4,438 | 339 | 1,577,090 | 1,708,990 |
| 2 | Gothenburg | 562,945 | 0.52% | 166 | 3,391 | 973 | 584,413 | 625,359 |
| 3 | Malmo | 318,242 | 0.65% | 73 | 4,359 | 1,806 | 326,721 | 342,930 |
| 4 | Uppsala | 134,252 | 4.26% | 38 | 3,533 | 4,532 | 136,937 | 152,131 |
| 5 | Handen | 130,076 | 0.94% | 55 | 2,365 | 4,693 | 135,737 | 172,586 |
| 6 | Västerås | 104,382 | 0.59% | 41 | 2,546 | 5,921 | 107,852 | 113,038 |
| 7 | Helsingborg | 103,402 | 1.62% | 37 | 2,795 | 5,992 | 105,869 | 114,981 |
| 8 | Örebro | 96,017 | 1.18% | 31 | 3,097 | 6,437 | 97,695 | 101,875 |
| 9 | Lund | 91,993 | 0.67% | 27 | 3,407 | 6,737 | 94,046 | 100,662 |
| 10 | Norrköping | 85,414 | 0.21% | 27 | 3,163 | 7,294 | 85,347 | 85,020 |
| 11 | Linköping | 83,305 | 0.21% | 25 | 3,332 | 7,468 | 83,249 | 85,485 |
| 12 | Södertälje | 67,151 | 2.13% | 26 | 2,583 | 9,228 | 71,047 | 78,371 |
| 13 | Umeå | 65,813 | 0.03% | 30 | 2,194 | 9,422 | 65,198 | 63,486 |
| 14 | Jönköping | 64,131 | 0.23% | 29 | 2,211 | 9,650 | 64,164 | 64,097 |
| 15 | Ekerö | 53,246 | 0.71% | 21 | 2,536 | 11,551 | 54,543 | 58,208 |
| 16 | Eskilstuna | 52,213 | – | 14 | 3,730 | 11,774 | 52,888 | 57,721 |
| 17 | Borås | 50,436 | – | 14 | 3,603 | 12,072 | 50,920 | 52,046 |
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.