The Stockholm urban area () is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous built-up area, which extends into 11 municipalities in Stockholm County. It contains the municipal seats of 10 of those. As of 31 December 2019, the population in the Stockholm urban area was 1,593,426 inhabitants, the area , and the population density 4,175 inhabitants/km2. Stockholm urban area is not the same as Metropolitan Stockholm (), which is a much larger area.
In 2019, the population of the urban area and the municipalities into which it extends, broken down per municipality was the following:
Municipality Population In Stockholmurban area In otherurbanareas Other Total % inStockholmurban areaStockholm 974,073 0 1831 975,904 100.0Huddinge 110,252 1,448 771 112,848 97.7Järfälla 79,830 0 160 79,990 99.8Solna 82,429 0 0 82,429 100.0Sollentuna 68,835 4,313 81 73,857 93.2Botkyrka 62,156 26,191 2,137 94,606 65.7Haninge 53,599 27,371 4,806 92,095 58.2 Tyresö 44,370 3,118 402 48,333 91.8Sundbyberg 52,414 0 0 52,414 100.0Nacka 38,394 56,085 1,112 105,189 36.5Danderyd 27,074 5,477 23 32,857 82.4Total 1,593,426 124,003 9,623 1,750,522 91.0
See also For administration and government see the respective municipalities in the list above Stockholm List of metropolitan areas in Sweden
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