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*
Alingsås
1619
851
3 301
12 756
22 361
24 482
27 433
Borås
1622
1 744
15 837
58 019
61 929
66 273
74 042
Falköping
unknown
451
31 134
11 244
15 369
16 350
17 939
Gothenburg
12 804
130 619
353 580
495 849
549 839
592 337
Hjo
415
1 668
3 436
5 998
6 094
6 357
Kungälv
774
1 110
3 960
20 454
22 768
26 663
Lidköping
1 282
5 446
14 548
24 389
25 644
23 656
Lysekil
1903
-
5 725
7 582
7 628
7 728
Mariestad
1583
1 049
3 737
8 338
15 043
15 591
16 632
Skara
826
4 431
8 378
10 703
10 841
11 549
Skövde
before 1413
423
4 872
17 758
32 505
34 466
39 580
Strömstad
1672
1 367
2 847
3 350
5 969
6 288
7 470
Tidaholm
1910
5 923
7 938
8 027
8 146
Trollhättan
1916
24 157
44 046
46 457
50 495
Uddevalla
before 1498
4 081
9 442
24 982
29 810
31 212
35 916
Ulricehamn
633
1 381
7 705
9 065
9 787
11 410
Vänersborg
1642
1 453
6 395
15 735
21 383
21 699
24 558
Åmål
1643
842
3 351
8 060
9 355
9 299
Source: Statistics Sweden
*) population of the localities