Population in Sweden by Country/Region of Birth, Citizenship and Swedish/Foreign background, 31 December 2024
| Country/Region of Birth Citizenship Foreign or Swedish background |
2024 | Change between 2023 and 2024 per cent (%) Total |
Mean Age 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Whereof | Share of population Total |
Total | Whereof | ||||
| Women | Men | Women | Men | |||||
| Whole population | 10 587 710 | 5 262 925 | 5 324 785 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 42.2 | 43.0 | 41.4 |
| Region of birth | ||||||||
| Born in Sweden | 8 387 472 | 4 163 424 | 4 224 048 | 79.2 | 0.1 | 41.8 | 42.6 | 41.0 |
| Foreign-born | 2 200 238 | 1 099 501 | 1 100 737 | 20.8 | 1.4 | 43.6 | 44.5 | 42.7 |
| Citizenship | ||||||||
| Swedish citizenship | 9 755 897 | 4 873 983 | 4 881 914 | 92.1 | 0.5 | 42.7 | 43.6 | 41.8 |
| whereof Born in Sweden | 8 314 314 | 4 128 169 | 4 186 145 | 78.5 | 0.1 | 42.1 | 42.9 | 41.3 |
| whereof Foreign-born | 1 441 583 | 745 814 | 695 769 | 13.6 | 2.8 | 46.5 | 47.6 | 45.4 |
| Foreign citizenship | 831 813 | 388 942 | 442 871 | 7.9 | ‑1.5 | 35.9 | 35.7 | 36.1 |
| whereof Born in Sweden | 73 158 | 35 255 | 37 903 | 0.7 | ‑3.0 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
| whereof Foreign-born | 758 655 | 353 687 | 404 968 | 7.2 | ‑1.3 | 38.1 | 38.0 | 38.2 |
| Foreign or Swedish background | ||||||||
| Swedish background | 7 676 833 | 3 817 326 | 3 859 507 | 72.5 | ‑0.1 | 43.6 | 44.5 | 42.8 |
| whereof born in Sweden with two parents born in Sweden | 6 841 416 | 3 407 079 | 3 434 337 | 64.6 | ‑0.3 | 44.9 | 45.7 | 44.0 |
| whereof born in Sweden with one foreign-born parent | 835 417 | 410 247 | 425 170 | 7.9 | 1.2 | 33.4 | 33.8 | 33.1 |
| Foreign background | 2 910 877 | 1 445 599 | 1 465 278 | 27.5 | 1.5 | 38.4 | 39.2 | 37.6 |
| whereof foreign-born | 2 200 238 | 1 099 501 | 1 100 737 | 20.8 | 1.4 | 43.6 | 44.5 | 42.7 |
| whereof born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents | 710 639 | 346 098 | 364 541 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.0 |
| Foreign-born by region of birth | ||||||||
| Nordic countries except Sweden | 208 421 | 118 890 | 89 531 | 2.0 | ‑2.1 | 60.4 | 61.8 | 58.5 |
| EU except the Nordic countries | 389 881 | 189 758 | 200 123 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 45.2 | 46.1 | 44.4 |
| Europe except the EU and the Nordic countries | 349 672 | 174 652 | 175 020 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 45.4 | 45.8 | 45.0 |
| Africa | 254 011 | 121 594 | 132 417 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 37.9 | 37.5 | 38.2 |
| North America | 46 867 | 23 255 | 23 612 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 41.4 | 41.1 | 41.8 |
| South America | 80 601 | 42 015 | 38 586 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 47.4 | 48.2 | 46.6 |
| Asia | 857 879 | 423 171 | 434 708 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 39.5 | 40.2 | 38.9 |
| Oceania | 6 755 | 2 409 | 4 346 | 0.1 | ‑3.1 | 38.8 | 36.7 | 40.0 |
| Soviet Union | 4 959 | 3 272 | 1 687 | 0.0 | ‑2.2 | 61.7 | 63.2 | 58.8 |
| Unknown country | 1 192 | 485 | 707 | 0.0 | ‑10.4 | 35.7 | 36.1 | 35.4 |