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Overview

Borlänge
County: Dalarnas län
Population 2025: 51,356
Full municipal profile
Smedjebacken
County: Dalarnas län
Population 2025: 10,742
Full municipal profile

Quick comparison

Sverigefakta does not rank municipalities as good or bad. “Highest” and “Lowest” describe only the numeric value among the selected municipalities.

Population (31 Dec)
2025 · people

Borlänge
51,356 peopleHighest
Smedjebacken
10,742 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 5 years
2025 · %

Borlänge
-2.0 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
-1.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)

Municipal tax rate (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
22.4 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
22.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
21.7

Median income, 20+
2024 · SEK

Borlänge
336,500 SEKLowest
Smedjebacken
346,200 SEKHighest
National (municipal mean)
345,416

Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
76.3 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
83.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
81.5

Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
19.9 %Highest
Smedjebacken
11.1 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
13.5

Life expectancy, women
2025 · years

Borlänge
84.2 yearsLowest
Smedjebacken
85.1 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
84.7

Reported violent offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Borlänge
1,317.4 /100kHighest
Smedjebacken
750.7 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
885.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Population (31 Dec) over time

2002–2025 · people · Municipalities

Verified time series for the selected municipalities, same definition and same years.

Population (31 Dec) over time: Borlänge moves from 47,049 (2002) to 51,356 (2025) — up 4,307 people. Full values are available in the data table below (2002–2025, Municipalities).

Population (31 Dec) over time · people · 2002–2025 · Municipalities
YearBorlängeSmedjebacken
2 00247 04911 157
2 00346 91911 012
2 00446 98810 923
2 00546 98710 812
2 00647 39910 715
2 00747 75610 715
2 00848 18510 734
2 00948 68110 758
2 01049 25110 715
2 01149 32310 662
2 01249 48210 650
2 01350 02310 691
2 01450 71510 712
2 01550 98810 790
2 01651 60410 909
2 01751 96410 894
2 01852 22410 897
2 01952 59010 894
2 02052 39410 854
2 02152 25410 933
2 02252 17810 922
2 02351 73510 913
2 02451 42510 823
2 02551 35610 742

Method: Only years where every selected municipality has a verified value are shown.

Source: SCB BE0101N1

Comparison by topic

Population

Annual population change
2025 · people

Borlänge
-69.0 peopleHighest
Smedjebacken
-81.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)

Population change, 10 years
2025 · %

Borlänge
0.7 %Highest
Smedjebacken
-0.4 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)

Residents aged 0–19, share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
23.0 %Highest
Smedjebacken
19.7 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
22.0

Residents aged 20–64, share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
55.3 %Highest
Smedjebacken
50.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
52.6

Residents aged 65–79, share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
15.1 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
21.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
17.6

Residents aged 80+, share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
6.6 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
9.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
7.8

Deaths, number
2025 · people

Borlänge
471.0 peopleHighest
Smedjebacken
128.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
318.1

Births, number
2025 · people

Borlänge
445.0 peopleHighest
Smedjebacken
58.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
336.2

Demographic dependency ratio
2025 · ratio

Borlänge
0.81 ratioLowest
Smedjebacken
1.00 ratioHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.91

In-migration to the municipality
2025 · people

Borlänge
2,492.0 peopleHighest
Smedjebacken
529.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,132.5

Net domestic migration
2025 · people

Borlänge
-145.0 peopleLowest
Smedjebacken
-3.0 peopleHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.1

Out-migration from the municipality
2025 · people

Borlänge
2,544.0 peopleHighest
Smedjebacken
527.0 peopleLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,091.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Work

Residents receiving social assistance during the year, share of population (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
6.2 %Highest
Smedjebacken
2.9 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.4

Employed refugees/family reunified 20–64, 4–6 years of residence, share (%)
2023 · %

Borlänge
50.2 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
69.6 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
61.1

Households receiving social assistance, number
2025 · households

Borlänge
1,598.0 householdsHighest
Smedjebacken
178.0 householdsLowest
National (municipal mean)
522.6

Employment rate, foreign-born 20–64 (%)
2024 · %

Borlänge
65.1 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
67.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
70.2

Residents aged 16–24 not in employment, education or training (%)
2024 · %

Borlänge
6.8 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
6.9 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
6.9
Data points (observation IDs)

Economy & tax

Net cost of elderly care, SEK per resident
2025 · SEK/resident

Borlänge
15,006 SEK/residentLowest
Smedjebacken
18,114 SEK/residentHighest
National (municipal mean)
17,158

Net cost of social services (IFO), SEK per resident
2025 · SEK/resident

Borlänge
8,525.1 SEK/residentHighest
Smedjebacken
3,674.2 SEK/residentLowest
National (municipal mean)
5,333.4

Net income as share of tax revenue & general grants (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
2.9 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
4.3 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
3.5

Tax base per resident (SEK)
2025 · SEK

Borlänge
268,080 SEKLowest
Smedjebacken
276,691 SEKHighest
National (municipal mean)
280,284

Equity ratio, municipality (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
25.7 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
41.7 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
40.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Schools

Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational programmes, municipal schools (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
75.0 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
83.8 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
80.8

Year 9 pupils passing all subjects (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
60.4 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
67.5 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
67.9

Upper-secondary students graduating within 3 years, home municipality (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
68.7 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
75.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
69.3

Upper-secondary students graduating within 4 years, home municipality (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
74.5 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
82.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
73.5

Year 9 average merit rating, home municipality (17 subjects)
2025 · points

Borlänge
209.0 pointsLowest
Smedjebacken
215.0 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
218.3

Year 9 merit rating, municipality of location (17 subjects)
2025 · points

Borlänge
209.3 pointsLowest
Smedjebacken
210.7 pointsHighest
National (municipal mean)
217.0
Data points (observation IDs)

Housing

Completed dwellings
2025 · dwellings

Borlänge
195.0 dwellingsHighest
Smedjebacken
19.0 dwellingsLowest
National (municipal mean)
108.1

Rental dwellings, number per 1,000 residents
2025 · per 1,000 residents

Borlänge
199.8 per 1,000 residentsHighest
Smedjebacken
139.0 per 1,000 residentsLowest
National (municipal mean)
171.6

Completed detached houses per 1,000 residents
2025 · per 1,000 residents

Borlänge
0.3 per 1,000 residentsLowest
Smedjebacken
0.4 per 1,000 residentsHighest
National (municipal mean)
0.6

Apartment price, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Borlänge
15,190 SEK/m²Highest
Smedjebacken
6,182.0 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
17,205

House prices, detached houses, SEK/m²
2025 · SEK/m²

Borlänge
21,283 SEK/m²Highest
Smedjebacken
13,367 SEK/m²Lowest
National (municipal mean)
21,704

Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 3), share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
44.1 %Highest
Smedjebacken
36.0 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
36.4
Data points (observation IDs)

Health

Life expectancy, men
2025 · years

Borlänge
80.7 yearsLowest
Smedjebacken
82.2 yearsHighest
National (municipal mean)
81.3

Residential elderly care users satisfied overall (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
69.1 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
89.2 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
78.1

Ongoing stress-related sick leave, annual average share of population (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
0.5 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
0.6 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
0.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Crime

Reported offences against liberty and peace (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Borlänge
1,307.7 /100kHighest
Smedjebacken
861.9 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
1,418.9

Reported offences, total (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Borlänge
11,376 /100kHighest
Smedjebacken
7,154.4 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
9,856.9

Reported economic crime (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Borlänge
1,809.7 /100kHighest
Smedjebacken
1,445.7 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
2,075.2

Reported gross violation of a woman's integrity (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Borlänge
15.6 /100kHighest
Smedjebacken
9.3 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
8.4

Reported drug offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Borlänge
1,266.8 /100kHighest
Smedjebacken
305.8 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
825.5

Reported sexual offences (per 100,000)
2025 · /100k

Borlänge
225.7 /100kHighest
Smedjebacken
111.2 /100kLowest
National (municipal mean)
187.2
Data points (observation IDs)

Politics

Assignments per elected municipal politician
2025 · assignments/politician

Borlänge
1.9 assignments/politicianHighest
Smedjebacken
1.8 assignments/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
1.8

Residents per elected municipal politician
2025 · residents/politician

Borlänge
317.4 residents/politicianHighest
Smedjebacken
104.1 residents/politicianLowest
National (municipal mean)
221.4

Elected municipal politicians part-time, share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
6.2 %Highest
Smedjebacken
3.8 %Lowest
National (municipal mean)
2.5

Elected municipal politicians full-time, share (%)
2025 · %

Borlänge
0.6 %Lowest
Smedjebacken
1.0 %Highest
National (municipal mean)
1.5
Data points (observation IDs)

Calculated and specialised measures

The measures below are not official municipal observations in the same sense as the tables above. They are calculated by Sverigefakta or taken from situation reports and model estimates, and are therefore reported separately.

Estimated net cost per resident per year
Model estimate
Note: Model estimate = (received / 5) × Ruist's average annual net cost per person (SEK 74,000 in 2018 prices, inflation-adjusted) / population. It covers only the last five years of reception and is not official municipal accounting.

Borlänge
-75 SEK
Smedjebacken
-126 SEK
National
About the data. The comparison uses the municipal engine's verified time series — the same figures, definitions and sources as the municipal pages. For every metric we use the latest period in which all selected municipalities have a verified value. If no common period exists the metric is omitted entirely; nothing is imputed and years are never mixed within a row.

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  • Units are fixed per row (percent, SEK, count per 1,000). Rows never mix units within the same column.
  • The national mean is the source's own national row (SCB / Kolada / Migrationsverket) — not an average of municipalities.
  • Ranking or best/worst colours are only used where the indicator has a clear direction (e.g. upper-secondary eligibility, higher is better).
  • Net cost is a model estimate: Ruist's 74,000 SEK/year × arrivals 2020–2024 / population. Not official municipal accounts.
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Primary sources

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2

reports & studies

6

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Definitions

How the numbers are counted — and what they do not cover

Per capita / per 1,000 / per 100,000
Normalising an absolute number by population size, so municipalities of different sizes can be compared. Shootings, for example, are usually reported per 100,000 inhabitants.
Median vs mean
The median is the middle value in a sorted series. The mean is the sum divided by the count and is much more sensitive to outliers. Incomes and wealth are therefore usually reported as medians.
Ranking & percentile
The ranking is the municipality's place in the sorted list of all 290 municipalities. The percentile is the share below the municipality — rank 29 of 290 ≈ the 90th percentile.Ties use shared ranking (e.g. two municipalities both at rank 10).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers to what is most often discussed

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