Population & demographics in Skara Municipality

Name: Population & demographics — Skara
Creator: Sverigefakta
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Population, age structure, births and net internal migration in Skara. Foreign background is reported separately on the municipality immigration page. Verified time series from Statistics Sweden and Kolada — latest year 2025.

Foreign background and migration in Skara

Latest data year: 2025 · 17 indicators · Package version: v10 · Updated: 2026-09-10

Population (31 Dec)

18 764 people

2025 · +0.4 % vs 2020

Natural change (births − deaths)

-17.0 people

2025 · -88.9 % vs 2020

Net migration (in − out)

64.0 people

2025 · +146.7 % vs 2020

Population density43.6 inv/km²2025 · Beräknat av Sverigefakta ur SCB BE0101N1 och landareal (Kolada N02993)

Population & growth

Population (31 Dec)

18 764 people(2025)

20022025

Population (31 Dec), Skara — 2002–2025 (personer)
Year	Value (personer)
2002	18,311
2003	18,360
2004	18,507
2005	18,578
2006	18,595
2007	18,544
2008	18,518
2009	18,455
2010	18,314
2011	18,220
2012	18,281
2013	18,580
2014	18,747
2015	18,711
2016	18,979
2017	18,843
2018	18,829
2019	18,837
2020	18,695
2021	18,732
2022	18,755
2023	18,654
2024	18,707
2025	18,764

Source: SCB BE0101N1 (SCB:BE0101N1) · 2002–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

24 yearsSCB BE0101N1

Annual population change

57.0 people(2025)

20032025

Annual population change, Skara — 2003–2025 (personer)
Year	Value (personer)
2003	49
2004	147
2005	71
2006	17
2007	-51
2008	-26
2009	-63
2010	-141
2011	-94
2012	61
2013	299
2014	167
2015	-36
2016	268
2017	-136
2018	-14
2019	8
2020	-142
2021	37
2022	23
2023	-101
2024	53
2025	57

Source: SCB BE0101N1 (SCB:BE0101N1) · 2003–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

23 yearsSCB BE0101N1

Population change, 5 years

0.37 %(2025)

20072025

Population change, 5 years, Skara — 2007–2025 (%)
Year	Value (%)
2007	1.3
2008	0.9
2009	-0.3
2010	-1.4
2011	-2
2012	-1.4
2013	0.3
2014	1.6
2015	2.2
2016	4.2
2017	3.1
2018	1.3
2019	0.5
2020	-0.1
2021	-1.3
2022	-0.5
2023	-0.9
2024	-0.7
2025	0.4

Source: SCB BE0101N1 (SCB:BE0101N1) · 2007–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

19 yearsSCB BE0101N1

Population change, 10 years

0.28 %(2025)

20122025

Source: SCB BE0101N1 (SCB:BE0101N1) · 2012–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

14 yearsSCB BE0101N1

Residents aged 0–19, share (%)

22.2 %(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01994 (Kolada:N01994) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01994

Residents aged 20–64, share (%)

54.2 %(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01961 (Kolada:N01961) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01961

Residents aged 65–79, share (%)

16.3 %(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01812 (Kolada:N01812) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01812

Residents aged 80+, share (%)

7.39 %(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01813 (Kolada:N01813) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01813

Demographic dependency ratio

0.85 ratio(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N00927 (Kolada:N00927) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N00927

Births, deaths & natural change

Births, number

156 people(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01804 (Kolada:N01804) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01804

Deaths, number

173 people(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01805 (Kolada:N01805) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01805

Natural change (births − deaths)

-17.0 people(2025)

20142025

Source: Beräknat av Sverigefakta ur SCB via Kolada N01804/N01805 (Kolada:N01804+N01805) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / derived · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsBeräknat av Sverigefakta ur SCB via Kolada N01804/N01805

Migration flows

In-migration to the municipality

1114 people(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01801 (Kolada:N01801) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01801

Out-migration from the municipality

1050 people(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01802 (Kolada:N01802) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01802

Net migration (in − out)

64.0 people(2025)

20142025

Source: Beräknat av Sverigefakta ur SCB via Kolada N01801/N01802 (Kolada:N01801+N01802) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / derived · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsBeräknat av Sverigefakta ur SCB via Kolada N01801/N01802

Net domestic migration

-10.0 people(2025)

20142025

Source: SCB via Kolada N01964 (Kolada:N01964) · 2014–2025 · Data status: complete / observed · Last verified: unknown · Revision: unknown

12 yearsSCB via Kolada N01964

Deep dive

See population & demographics in a national context

Read chapter: Demography →

Year	Value (%)
2012	-0.2
2013	1.2
2014	1.3
2015	0.7
2016	2.1
2017	1.6
2018	1.7
2019	2.1
2020	2.1
2021	2.8
2022	2.6
2023	0.4
2024	-0.2
2025	0.3

Year	Value (%)
2014	22.5
2015	22.6
2016	22.8
2017	22.8
2018	23
2019	22.9
2020	22.8
2021	22.7
2022	22.8
2023	22.7
2024	22.5
2025	22.2

Year	Value (%)
2014	56.1
2015	55.7
2016	55.6
2017	55.2
2018	54.9
2019	55
2020	54.9
2021	54.7
2022	54.2
2023	53.9
2024	54
2025	54.2

Year	Value (%)
2014	15.6
2015	16
2016	16
2017	16.4
2018	16.5
2019	16.5
2020	16.4
2021	16.5
2022	16.7
2023	16.7
2024	16.5
2025	16.3

Year	Value (kvot)
2014	0.78
2015	0.8
2016	0.8
2017	0.81
2018	0.82
2019	0.82
2020	0.82
2021	0.83
2022	0.85
2023	0.86
2024	0.85
2025	0.85

Year	Value (personer)
2014	1,566
2015	1,332
2016	1,544
2017	1,161
2018	1,194
2019	1,152
2020	1,169
2021	1,112
2022	1,127
2023	1,116
2024	1,149
2025	1,114

Year	Value (personer)
2014	1,429
2015	1,367
2016	1,298
2017	1,318
2018	1,225
2019	1,138
2020	1,306
2021	1,103
2022	1,093
2023	1,202
2024	1,066
2025	1,050

Year	Value (personer)
2014	-194
2015	-289
2016	-228
2017	-330
2018	-136
2019	-116
2020	-208
2021	-42
2022	-21
2023	-83
2024	-27
2025	-10