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Sweden

21 counties · 290 municipalities · 10,587,710 inhabitants

Short answer: Sweden has 21 counties, 290 municipalities and 10,587,710 inhabitants. Here are the counties, the largest municipalities and how the municipalities differ in income, unemployment, age and tax.

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Facts

inhabitants 202410,587,710

counties21

municipalities290

change 2021 to 2024+1.3 %

largest municipalityStockholm

largest countyStockholm County

Population is the sum of Sweden's municipalities (Statistics Sweden via Kolada).

21 counties

Sweden's counties

Stockholm County2,473,307 inhabitants26 municipalities Västra Götaland County1,772,821 inhabitants49 municipalities Skåne County1,428,626 inhabitants33 municipalities Östergötland County472,446 inhabitants13 municipalities Uppsala County407,912 inhabitants8 municipalities Jönköping County370,009 inhabitants13 municipalities Halland County345,074 inhabitants6 municipalities Örebro County308,375 inhabitants12 municipalities Södermanland County301,542 inhabitants9 municipalities Dalarna County286,546 inhabitants15 municipalities Gävleborg County284,558 inhabitants10 municipalities Värmland County283,384 inhabitants16 municipalities Västmanland County281,158 inhabitants10 municipalities Västerbotten County281,138 inhabitants15 municipalities Norrbotten County248,620 inhabitants14 municipalities Kalmar County246,352 inhabitants12 municipalities Västernorrland County241,458 inhabitants7 municipalities Kronoberg County203,351 inhabitants8 municipalities Blekinge County157,223 inhabitants5 municipalities Jämtland County132,839 inhabitants8 municipalities Gotland County60,971 inhabitants1 municipality

12 of 290

The largest municipalities

Stockholm995,574 inhabitants Göteborg608,993 inhabitants Malmö365,644 inhabitants Uppsala248,016 inhabitants Linköping168,035 inhabitants Västerås160,634 inhabitants Örebro160,140 inhabitants Helsingborg152,091 inhabitants Jönköping147,654 inhabitants Norrköping144,980 inhabitants Umeå134,249 inhabitants Lund131,590 inhabitants

from lowest to highest

How the municipalities differ

Median incomelowest Högsby, highest Danderyd, middle municipality 388 kSEK336 to 572 kSEK

Unemploymentlowest Gällivare, highest Perstorp, middle municipality 4.5 %1.6 to 12.3 %

Mean agelowest Knivsta, highest Borgholm, middle municipality 44.6 years37.6 to 52.8 years

Tax ratelowest Österåker, highest Degerfors, middle municipality 33.53 %28.98 to 35.30 %

Lowest and highest municipality in the country, latest year in Kolada. The middle municipality is the one in the middle when all are sorted, not a per capita average.