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Einar H. Dyvik
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Get in touch with us nowThe number of people born outside of Sweden as a share of the Swedish population increased since 2010. That year, 1.38 million of the country's inhabitants were born outside of Sweden, whereas this number had increased to 2.17 million by 2023. In other words, foreign-born citizens made up around 20 percent of the population in Sweden in 2023. Of the 2.17 million people born outside of Sweden, the highest number came from Syria.
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Immigration and emigration
Asylum
Swedish citizenship acquisitions
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Unaccompanied minors
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