Country or area · Northern Europe · Europe · UN WPP 2024

Sweden population

Sweden population now

10,711,198

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 10.6–10.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 10,551,494

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 10.7010 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 10.6–10.8 million
Median age: 41.5
Aged 65+: 21.1%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2079

male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

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SWE · 1950–2100 · in brief

Sweden in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 10,551,494 people in Sweden: the 90th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.13% of the world's people. That is 1.5 times its 1950 population of 7.0 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2079 at 11.4 million, then falling to 11.4 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 5.2 million to 19.9 million.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2026; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it. Deaths also outnumbered births in 1997–2001. The population still grows until 2079, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 34.2 in 1950 and 40.9 in 2023; the projection has 49.6 in 2100. 20.5% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 32.2% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2037 at 6.9 million.

By size it is the 90th country in 2023; the projection puts it 93rd in 2050 and 96th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Czechia in 2025, Cuba in 2029 and Belgium in 2076. It is overtaken by Papua New Guinea in 2025, Tajikistan in 2025 and Togo in 2031.

Population, mid-2023: 10,551,494
Rank by population, 2023: 90 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.13%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.61% · +64,156 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 26
Land area, 2023: 407,270 km²
Births, 2023: 97,915
Deaths, 2023: 93,944
Net migration, 2023: +55,209
Children per woman, 2023: 1.43
Median age, 2023: 40.9 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 83.3 years
In a city, 2025: 33 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,016,566
Projected, mid-2050: 11,309,630
Projected, mid-2100: 11,366,895

SWE · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Sweden, 1950–2100

Sweden: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	6,986,151		115,287	70,184	2.29	71.1
1951	estimate	7,046,980		110,414	69,794	2.21	71.4
1952	estimate	7,098,781		110,339	68,305	2.23	71.8
1953	estimate	7,150,562		109,994	69,539	2.25	71.9
1954	estimate	7,192,289		104,999	68,968	2.18	72.3
1955	estimate	7,234,626		106,797	68,690	2.25	72.6
1956	estimate	7,290,033		107,766	70,174	2.29	72.7
1957	estimate	7,341,002		106,794	73,024	2.28	72.5
1958	estimate	7,392,760		104,908	71,035	2.25	73.2
1959	estimate	7,435,938		103,459	70,807	2.23	73.4
1960	estimate	7,471,180		100,841	75,090	2.17	73.0
1961	estimate	7,498,013		103,073	73,499	2.20	73.5
1962	estimate	7,541,984		106,211	76,779	2.24	73.3
1963	estimate	7,581,045		111,813	76,512	2.31	73.5
1964	estimate	7,627,352		120,732	76,639	2.45	73.7
1965	estimate	7,695,030		121,624	78,111	2.40	73.9
1966	estimate	7,770,985		122,684	78,390	2.36	74.1
1967	estimate	7,840,200		121,056	79,729	2.27	74.2
1968	estimate	7,892,609		112,940	82,443	2.07	74.0
1969	estimate	7,931,647		107,206	83,299	1.93	74.1
1970	estimate	8,004,376		109,578	79,999	1.92	74.7
1971	estimate	8,081,185		114,155	82,665	1.96	74.6
1972	estimate	8,115,019		112,328	83,999	1.91	74.7
1973	estimate	8,129,831		109,787	85,564	1.87	74.9
1974	estimate	8,144,508		109,358	86,314	1.87	75.0
1975	estimate	8,176,770		103,346	88,156	1.77	75.0
1976	estimate	8,208,512		98,118	90,679	1.68	75.0
1977	estimate	8,236,277		95,476	88,169	1.64	75.4
1978	estimate	8,267,114		93,135	89,593	1.60	75.5
1979	estimate	8,284,462		95,721	91,044	1.65	75.5
1980	estimate	8,303,034		96,593	91,771	1.67	75.7
1981	estimate	8,317,903		93,917	92,011	1.63	76.0
1982	estimate	8,323,013		92,525	90,707	1.62	76.3
1983	estimate	8,327,353		91,752	90,734	1.61	76.6
1984	estimate	8,330,476		93,766	90,410	1.66	76.8
1985	estimate	8,342,497		98,074	94,052	1.73	76.7
1986	estimate	8,357,990		101,458	93,278	1.79	77.0
1987	estimate	8,381,377		104,485	93,276	1.84	77.1
1988	estimate	8,413,919		111,368	96,579	1.96	77.0
1989	estimate	8,458,775		115,555	92,032	2.02	77.7
1990	estimate	8,526,857		122,849	95,102	2.12	77.6
1991	estimate	8,590,278		123,184	95,138	2.11	77.7
1992	estimate	8,643,640		122,049	94,689	2.08	78.1
1993	estimate	8,691,507		117,206	96,868	1.99	78.1
1994	estimate	8,744,565		111,361	91,663	1.88	78.8
1995	estimate	8,815,815		103,282	93,929	1.73	78.8
1996	estimate	8,836,789		95,325	94,028	1.60	79.0
1997	estimate	8,843,866		90,556	93,277	1.53	79.3
1998	estimate	8,847,182		88,889	93,360	1.51	79.4
1999	estimate	8,854,035		88,127	94,770	1.50	79.5
2000	estimate	8,861,338		90,029	93,406	1.54	79.7
2001	estimate	8,882,864		91,280	93,819	1.57	79.8
2002	estimate	8,909,179		95,429	95,053	1.65	79.9
2003	estimate	8,940,914		98,751	92,882	1.71	80.2
2004	estimate	8,975,948		100,487	90,607	1.75	80.5
2005	estimate	9,011,669		101,129	91,953	1.77	80.6
2006	estimate	9,047,872		105,017	91,192	1.85	80.8
2007	estimate	9,113,374		106,653	91,754	1.88	81.0
2008	estimate	9,183,175		108,445	91,449	1.91	81.1
2009	estimate	9,256,625		110,778	90,186	1.93	81.4
2010	estimate	9,340,855		114,261	90,681	1.97	81.5
2011	estimate	9,415,609		111,188	89,935	1.90	81.8
2012	estimate	9,482,909		112,158	91,892	1.90	81.7
2013	estimate	9,556,064		112,690	90,334	1.89	81.9
2014	estimate	9,645,176		113,810	88,945	1.88	82.2
2015	estimate	9,747,691		114,014	90,973	1.85	82.2
2016	estimate	9,851,272		115,765	90,979	1.85	82.3
2017	estimate	9,995,288		114,397	91,926	1.78	82.4
2018	estimate	10,120,435		114,683	92,256	1.75	82.5
2019	estimate	10,230,374		113,665	88,778	1.71	83.0
2020	estimate	10,327,876		112,697	98,379	1.67	82.4
2021	estimate	10,379,497		113,236	91,914	1.67	83.0
2022	estimate	10,452,766		104,855	94,672	1.54	83.0
2023	estimate	10,521,910		97,915	93,944	1.43	83.3
2024	estimate	10,581,078		97,489	95,768	1.43	83.4
2025	projection	10,632,920	10.6–10.7 million	97,002	96,653	1.44	83.6
2026	projection	10,680,346	10.6–10.8 million	96,301	97,652	1.45	83.7
2027	projection	10,721,747	10.6–10.8 million	95,575	98,835	1.45	83.9
2028	projection	10,760,754	10.6–10.9 million	94,887	100,150	1.45	84.0
2029	projection	10,795,874	10.6–11.0 million	94,315	101,482	1.46	84.2
2030	projection	10,827,522	10.6–11.1 million	94,119	102,975	1.46	84.3
2031	projection	10,856,099	10.6–11.2 million	94,128	104,432	1.47	84.4
2032	projection	10,881,488	10.5–11.3 million	94,547	105,863	1.47	84.5
2033	projection	10,906,824	10.5–11.4 million	95,236	107,323	1.47	84.7
2034	projection	10,931,035	10.4–11.5 million	96,107	108,639	1.48	84.8
2035	projection	10,953,723	10.4–11.6 million	97,220	109,846	1.48	84.9
2036	projection	10,976,232	10.4–11.7 million	98,449	110,916	1.48	85.0
2037	projection	10,999,142	10.3–11.8 million	99,861	111,891	1.49	85.2
2038	projection	11,020,785	10.3–11.9 million	101,212	112,505	1.49	85.3
2039	projection	11,043,188	10.2–12.0 million	102,709	113,229	1.49	85.4
2040	projection	11,066,389	10.2–12.1 million	104,075	113,651	1.50	85.6
2041	projection	11,090,815	10.1–12.2 million	105,094	113,838	1.50	85.7
2042	projection	11,114,448	10.0–12.3 million	106,102	114,121	1.50	85.8
2043	projection	11,140,387	10.0–12.5 million	106,614	114,228	1.50	85.9
2044	projection	11,165,885	10.0–12.6 million	107,152	114,571	1.51	86.0
2045	projection	11,190,945	9.9–12.7 million	107,217	114,802	1.51	86.2
2046	projection	11,214,799	9.9–12.8 million	107,199	115,078	1.51	86.3
2047	projection	11,237,730	9.8–13.0 million	106,984	115,296	1.51	86.4
2048	projection	11,259,714	9.7–13.1 million	106,341	115,606	1.52	86.5
2049	projection	11,280,582	9.6–13.2 million	105,629	116,077	1.52	86.7
2050	projection	11,300,115	9.6–13.3 million	104,787	116,786	1.52	86.8
2051	projection	11,319,146	9.5–13.4 million	103,692	117,577	1.52	86.8
2052	projection	11,335,056	9.5–13.6 million	102,439	118,283	1.52	87.0
2053	projection	11,348,872	9.5–13.8 million	101,067	119,181	1.52	87.1
2054	projection	11,359,549	9.4–13.9 million	99,836	119,835	1.53	87.2
2055	projection	11,367,098	9.3–14.0 million	98,793	120,609	1.53	87.3
2056	projection	11,374,065	9.2–14.2 million	97,674	121,347	1.53	87.4
2057	projection	11,379,336	9.1–14.2 million	96,757	122,053	1.54	87.5
2058	projection	11,384,760	9.1–14.3 million	95,978	122,653	1.54	87.7
2059	projection	11,388,554	9.0–14.5 million	95,262	123,044	1.54	87.8
2060	projection	11,390,901	8.9–14.6 million	94,834	123,530	1.55	87.9
2061	projection	11,392,090	8.8–14.7 million	94,376	123,798	1.55	88.0
2062	projection	11,394,352	8.7–14.8 million	94,216	124,021	1.55	88.1
2063	projection	11,393,732	8.6–15.0 million	94,022	124,185	1.55	88.2
2064	projection	11,393,886	8.5–15.1 million	94,248	124,145	1.55	88.3
2065	projection	11,394,855	8.4–15.2 million	94,586	124,148	1.55	88.4
2066	projection	11,395,580	8.3–15.4 million	95,029	124,142	1.55	88.5
2067	projection	11,395,576	8.2–15.5 million	95,382	124,204	1.55	88.6
2068	projection	11,396,411	8.1–15.6 million	95,983	124,196	1.55	88.8
2069	projection	11,397,807	8.0–15.7 million	96,646	124,157	1.56	88.9
2070	projection	11,401,667	7.9–15.8 million	97,448	124,392	1.56	89.0
2071	projection	11,405,389	7.8–15.9 million	98,090	124,468	1.56	89.1
2072	projection	11,410,316	7.7–16.0 million	98,722	124,836	1.56	89.2
2073	projection	11,414,018	7.6–16.2 million	99,256	125,207	1.56	89.3
2074	projection	11,416,950	7.5–16.3 million	99,626	125,941	1.56	89.4
2075	projection	11,420,249	7.4–16.5 million	99,810	126,515	1.56	89.5
2076	projection	11,424,388	7.3–16.6 million	99,881	127,284	1.56	89.7
2077	projection	11,428,228	7.2–16.7 million	99,945	128,000	1.56	89.8
2078	projection	11,430,314	7.2–16.8 million	99,983	128,842	1.56	89.9
2079	projection	11,432,442	7.1–17.0 million	99,960	129,561	1.57	90.0
2080	projection	11,432,914	7.0–17.1 million	99,747	130,357	1.57	90.1
2081	projection	11,430,720	6.9–17.2 million	99,331	130,992	1.57	90.2
2082	projection	11,429,077	6.8–17.3 million	99,011	131,254	1.57	90.3
2083	projection	11,423,863	6.7–17.4 million	98,444	131,530	1.57	90.4
2084	projection	11,420,321	6.6–17.6 million	97,920	131,370	1.57	90.5
2085	projection	11,415,545	6.5–17.7 million	97,282	131,172	1.57	90.6
2086	projection	11,410,484	6.4–17.7 million	96,721	130,517	1.57	90.7
2087	projection	11,403,127	6.3–18.1 million	95,980	129,541	1.57	90.8
2088	projection	11,399,322	6.2–18.3 million	95,366	128,557	1.57	90.9
2089	projection	11,396,654	6.2–18.4 million	94,944	127,490	1.57	91.0
2090	projection	11,393,718	6.1–18.6 million	94,565	126,374	1.57	91.2
2091	projection	11,391,790	6.0–18.7 million	94,229	125,458	1.57	91.3
2092	projection	11,390,338	5.9–18.8 million	94,004	124,738	1.57	91.3
2093	projection	11,388,291	5.9–19.0 million	93,884	124,133	1.57	91.5
2094	projection	11,386,404	5.7–19.0 million	93,817	123,705	1.57	91.6
2095	projection	11,383,757	5.6–19.1 million	93,793	123,734	1.57	91.7
2096	projection	11,380,801	5.6–19.2 million	93,852	123,967	1.58	91.8
2097	projection	11,379,116	5.5–19.5 million	93,985	124,555	1.58	91.9
2098	projection	11,377,951	5.4–19.7 million	94,198	125,488	1.58	92.0
2099	projection	11,373,664	5.3–19.9 million	94,387	126,268	1.58	92.1
2100	projection	11,369,803	5.2–19.9 million	94,714	127,517	1.58	92.2

Show the numbers: Sweden, mid-2026, by single year of age

Sweden: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	50,128	47,486
1	50,994	48,268
2	51,586	48,805
3	53,675	50,708
4	58,192	55,212
5	60,926	57,744
6	61,612	58,021
7	62,680	59,138
8	63,368	59,932
9	64,579	61,120
10	65,348	61,391
11	65,293	61,232
12	65,298	61,510
13	65,278	61,582
14	65,202	61,680
15	66,291	62,564
16	66,879	63,025
17	66,222	62,302
18	66,284	62,344
19	66,531	62,765
20	66,177	62,592
21	65,913	62,063
22	65,785	61,822
23	64,589	60,750
24	63,101	58,567
25	63,351	57,224
26	66,704	57,001
27	66,944	57,019
28	63,737	57,777
29	63,766	59,731
30	67,321	63,248
31	71,885	67,901
32	75,501	71,816
33	78,666	74,576
34	81,227	76,772
35	82,610	78,332
36	81,484	77,506
37	79,308	75,166
38	76,648	72,956
39	74,210	70,718
40	73,370	69,088
41	71,444	66,999
42	69,096	65,101
43	68,216	64,323
44	67,348	63,944
45	67,432	64,611
46	67,324	64,479
47	65,029	62,436
48	64,195	61,760
49	64,695	62,203
50	65,814	63,492
51	67,999	65,905
52	68,466	66,560
53	68,088	66,372
54	68,191	66,598
55	66,891	65,540
56	65,302	63,946
57	65,760	64,374
58	68,268	66,737
59	69,799	67,993
60	69,674	67,998
61	68,884	67,692
62	65,953	64,817
63	61,721	60,741
64	58,498	58,116
65	56,460	56,610
66	55,674	55,969
67	55,067	55,409
68	54,276	55,298
69	53,880	55,010
70	52,592	54,096
71	50,537	52,708
72	49,748	52,029
73	49,135	51,762
74	47,477	50,680
75	47,062	50,585
76	47,600	51,503
77	47,549	52,378
78	46,884	52,230
79	45,640	51,109
80	43,904	49,409
81	41,198	46,913
82	36,994	43,220
83	32,142	38,270
84	26,848	32,754
85	22,308	28,291
86	19,541	25,850
87	16,858	23,605
88	13,914	20,574
89	11,330	17,668
90	9,111	14,949
91	7,084	12,518
92	5,405	10,428
93	4,178	8,644
94	3,132	7,051
95	2,245	5,557
96	1,529	4,182
97	1,008	3,044
98	647	2,141
99	398	1,445
100+	528	2,334

SWE · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Sweden, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SWE · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Sweden

On the UN's projection, Sweden will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2037: 6,865,240 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 6,564,480.

100 aged 15–64

28 children

33 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

SWE · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Sweden, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Sweden gains 51,686 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 9,266 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 1,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 119,234 (2016), and a loss of 13,519 (1972).

In 2024, 2,272,158 people living in Sweden had been born in another country, 21 of every 100 people there, against 9 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SWE · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Sweden

Of every 100 babies born in Sweden in 2023, 75 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 25 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 7 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
7 · 76 · 17

2023
0 · 75 · 25

2050 · projected
0 · 72 · 28

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 97,915
Average age when women have a baby: 31.6 years; 28.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 2; 40 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Sweden by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	14	20	9	4	4	3
15–19	8,167	7,477	1,717	527	401	416
20–24	28,888	31,679	12,114	7,146	7,341	7,786
25–29	34,136	39,342	30,810	26,713	28,646	27,784
30–34	24,360	19,070	29,824	39,172	39,344	34,131
35–39	14,573	4,877	13,255	19,586	22,560	18,959
40–44	4,880	805	2,187	4,354	5,836	4,986
45–49	269	56	107	405	631	621
50–54	0	20	6	8	24	28
All babies	115,287	103,346	90,029	97,915	104,787	94,714

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SWE · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Sweden

Of the 82.7 years a baby born in Sweden in 2021 could expect, about 71.1 would be lived in full health (95% range 70.4–72.0). That leaves 11.6 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

71.2 in full health, 13.1 not: 84.3 years

Men

71.0 in full health, 10.0 not: 81.0 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 71.2 healthy years of 84.3. Men: 71.0 of 81.0.

SWE · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Sweden

At the end of 2025, Sweden was hosting 148,777 people who had crossed a border into it, about 14 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad148,777
Sweden nationals abroad323

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 5,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Sweden living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 4,961 people asked for asylum in Sweden for the first time; 112 people from Sweden asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Sweden whose claims were decided that year, 9 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SWE · of every 100 people

How people live in Sweden

Of every 100 people in Sweden in 2025, 33 lived in a city, 36 in a town or suburb and 31 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 4.5 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

SWE · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Sweden went in school

Almost every adult in Sweden went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 78 finished upper secondary or went further.

7 finished primary 15 finished lower secondary 38 finished upper secondary 40 studied after school

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2070; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2075.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

SWE · cities · 2025

Cities in Sweden

Sweden had 17 cities in 2025, home to 3.6 million people. The largest, Stockholm, holds 14 of every 100 people in Sweden.

Stockholm1,500,093
Gothenburg562,945
Malmo318,242
Uppsala134,252
Handen130,076
Västerås104,382
Helsingborg103,402
Örebro96,017
Lund91,993
Norrköping85,414

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Sweden are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.