The number of foreign citizens as a share of the total population in Sweden increased steadily from 2010 to 2023. While 1.8 million foreign inhabitants lived in the country in 2010, the number had increased to 2.87 million in 2023. Over the same period, the number of Swedish inhabitants increased from 7.62 million to 7.69 million. Syrians made up the largest group of foreign-born citizens in the Nordic country that year.
Population in Sweden from 2010 to 2023, by origin
(in millions)
Inhabitants with foreign background are defined as people born outside of Sweden or people born in Sweden but whose both parents are foreign. Inhabitants of Swedish origin are defined as people who were born in Sweden and whose one or both parents are born in the country.
For this statistic, the values reported by the source have been rounded.
Numbers show the population on the 31st of December each year.
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Statistics Sweden. (March 22, 2024). Population in Sweden from 2010 to 2023, by origin (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/521890/sweden-population-by-origin/
Statistics Sweden. "Population in Sweden from 2010 to 2023, by origin (in millions)." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521890/sweden-population-by-origin/
Statistics Sweden. (2024). Population in Sweden from 2010 to 2023, by origin (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521890/sweden-population-by-origin/
Statistics Sweden. "Population in Sweden from 2010 to 2023, by Origin (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/521890/sweden-population-by-origin/
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Population in Sweden from 2010 to 2023, by origin (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Sweden, March 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/521890/sweden-population-by-origin/
