| År. | Hela folkmängden. | Man- och kvinnkön. | Kv. mot 1,000 män. | Land och stad. | Städerna i % af riksfolkm. | ||
| Mankön. | Kvinnkön. | Landsbygden. | Städerna. | ||||
| 1750 | 1,763,338 | 828,439 | 934,899 | 1,129 | . | . | . |
| 1800 | 2,347,303 | 1,126,478 | 1,220,825 | 1,084 | 2,117,303 | 229,433 | 977 |
| 1820 | 2,584,690 | 1,239,475 | 1,345,215 | 1,085 | 2,330,798 | 253,892 | 982 |
| 1840 | 3,138,887 | 1,516,429 | 1,622,458 | 1,070 | 2,835,204 | 303,683 | 967 |
| 1860 | 3,859,728 | 1,874,399 | 1,985,329 | 1,059 | 3,425,209 | 434,519 | 1126 |
| 1880 | 4,565,668 | 2,215,243 | 2,350,425 | 1,061 | 3,875,237 | 690,431 | 15.12 |
| 1900 | 5,136,441 | 2,506,436 | 2,630,005 | 1,049 | 4,032,490 | 1,103,951 | 21.49 |
| 1906 | 5,337,055 | 2,605,524 | 2,731,531 | 1,048 | 4,064,659 | 1,272,396 | 23.84 |
