Country
Sweden
- SE
- Europe
- SEK
- .se
Sweden (SE/SWE) is a country in Europe with its capital at Stockholm. It covers about 450,295 km² with a population of roughly 10,500,000, uses the SEK, dials on +46, owns the .se internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Stockholm. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameSweden
CapitalStockholm
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SWE
Internet TLD.se
Calling code+46
Currency codeSEK
Geography
Latitude60.1282° N
Longitude18.6435° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area450,295 km²173,860 square miles
Land neighbours2
Distance from London1,505 kmto the approximate centre of Sweden, not to Stockholm. NE, bearing 43.2°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Stockholmthe IANA zone for Stockholm; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+01:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00
Summer offsetUTC+02:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+01:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 07:11
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population10,500,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density23.3 per km²≈
Share of world population0.13%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset28 of 59
Population rank in this dataset45 of 59
Neighbouring countries
Norway561 km centre to centre
Finland431 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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