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Population / Västerbotten county
Number of people registered as living in the area at the end of the month (total, men and women).
Latest published
Population in Västerbotten county was 278,277 people (August 2026).
-0.42 %
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6473, processed by SwedenMetrics.
What this number means
Number of people registered as living in the area at the end of the month (total, men and women).
Data from 2000 to 2024 and from 2025 come from two SCB tables and are joined here.
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Data from 2000 to 2024 and from 2025 come from two SCB tables and are joined here.
latest 2026M08 = 10621103, allowed 9000000..13000000
2026M08: national 10621103, sum of 21 counties differs by 4 (0.4 ppm)
latest 2026M08 ends 61 days ago, max 120
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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6473, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | people |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 278,277 |
| Jul 2026 | 277,536 |
| Jun 2026 | 277,714 |
| May 2026 | 278,302 |
| Apr 2026 | 278,501 |
| Mar 2026 | 278,697 |
| Feb 2026 | 278,751 |
| Jan 2026 | 278,845 |
| Dec 2025 | 279,028 |
| Nov 2025 | 279,255 |
| Oct 2025 | 279,406 |
| Sept 2025 | 279,571 |
Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB1625, TAB6473, processed by SwedenMetrics.