In Sweden, population statistics have been kept since the 18th century. The population, which was previously presented for towns and country, is now presented for built-up areas and rural areas. The historical statistics in the table are taken from the Statistics Sweden publication Historical Statistics for Sweden, Part 1. The town is no longer an administrative unit and is now included in each municipality. The population is given for municipalities and built-up areas.
Population in towns 1800-2020
Town
Founded year
1800
1900
1950
2000*
2010*
2020*
Boden
1919
-
11 362
19 091
18 277
16 832
Haparanda
1842
1 568
2 955
4 767
4 856
6 583
Kiruna
1948
19 105
19 148
18 148
17 513
Luleå
1621
901
9 484
22 638
45 036
46 607
49 123
Piteå
831
2 655
5 567
22 152
22 913
23 934
Source: Statistics Sweden
*) population of the localities