Västra Götaland: Vital Statistics

49 municipalities - more than any other administrative region in Sweden

Göteborg - Sweden's second-largest city
Many densely populated districts:
8 with > 20 000 inhabitants
35 with > 5 000 inhabitants

17% of the total population of Sweden

1,5 million inhabitants (second-highest population of all Swedish provinces)

• of whom just over half live in Göteborg and the surrounding region
• of whom between 150 000 - 200 000 live in each of the following main areas:
  • Borås and surrounding area
  • Skaraborg
  • Lysekil, Uddevalla, Trollhättan and Vänersborg

The largest province in Southern Sweden in terms of area

24 000 km2 = 6% of Sweden's land area
240 km from North-East to South-West and from East to West