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title: "Sweden — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Sweden: capital Stockholm, area 450,295 km², population 10,596,620 (2025), currency Swedish krona. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/sweden/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Sweden

**Sweden: Capital Stockholm**

450,295 km² · 10,596,620 people (2025) · Swedish krona

Sweden has roughly 267,000 islands, more than any other country, though only a small fraction are inhabited. Around seventy percent of it is forest, and a seventh lies above the Arctic Circle. Its right of public access lets anyone walk and camp on most uncultivated land.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Stockholm
- **Area:** 450,295 km² — 173,860 sq mi
- **Population:** 10,596,620 (2025)
- **Density:** 23.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Swedish krona (SEK, kr)
- **Official language:** Swedish
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +46
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** SE · SWE
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 57 of 200
- **By population:** 93 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cameroon | 475,440 | 29,879,337 |
| Papua New Guinea | 462,840 | 10,762,817 |
| Sweden ← | 450,295 | 10,596,620 |
| Uzbekistan | 447,400 | 37,053,428 |
| Iraq | 438,317 | 47,020,774 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Sweden?

Stockholm

### What currency does Sweden use?

The Swedish krona (SEK).

### How big is Sweden?

450,295 km², or 173,860 square miles — 57 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Sweden drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Cameroon](https://atoneplace.net/country/cameroon/)
- [Papua New Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/papua-new-guinea/)
- [Uzbekistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/uzbekistan/)
- [Iraq](https://atoneplace.net/country/iraq/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]