Gothenburg has a population of 608,462, making it the 2nd largest place we list in Sweden. It is in Västra Götaland.
Gothenburg holds 5.7% of Sweden's 10,701,047 people. Stockholm, the largest place we list there, is 2.5 times its size.
608,462
population
#2
in Sweden
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | Stockholm | 1,515,017 |
| Malmö | Skåne | 362,133 |
| Uppsala | Uppsala | 177,074 |
| Linköping | Östergötland | 166,673 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.