Chad vs Sweden: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Chad
1.72 million
in 2025
Sweden
1.74 million
in 2025
Chad rank
97th
Sweden rank
95th

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time

  • Chad
  • Sweden
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196019922025

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.74 million against 1.72 million in Chad, a difference of 14,980.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Chad ranks 97th and Sweden ranks 95th of 121 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 106,716 959,921 853,205 Sweden
1970s 227,794 1.02 million 794,941 Sweden
1980s 387,677 1.01 million 622,605 Sweden
1990s 567,668 1.12 million 552,724 Sweden
2000s 816,201 1.26 million 440,033 Sweden
2010s 1.17 million 1.48 million 310,953 Sweden
2020s 1.57 million 1.69 million 120,645 Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Chad or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.74 million against 1.72 million in Chad as of 2025.
What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Chad and Sweden?
14,980, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sweden?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Chad and Sweden rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
Chad ranks 97th and Sweden ranks 95th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Chad vs Sweden: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million. Statizoid, drawing on World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN). Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://urban.statizoid.com/compare/population-in-urban-agglomerations-of-more-than-1-million/chad/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://urban.statizoid.com/compare/population-in-urban-agglomerations-of-more-than-1-million/chad/sweden/">Chad vs Sweden: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Source
World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
121 places, 7,986 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.