Population in Sweden by Country/Region of Birth, Citizenship and Swedish/Foreign background, 31 December 2023
| Country/Region of Birth Citizenship Foreign or Swedish background |
2023 | Change between 2022 and 2023 per cent (%) Total |
Mean Age 2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Whereof | Share of population Total |
Total | Whereof | |||||
| Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||||
| Whole population | 10 551 707 | 5 239 188 | 5 312 519 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 41.9 | 42.8 | 41.1 | |
| Region of birth | |||||||||
| Born in Sweden | 8 381 080 | 4 161 288 | 4 219 792 | 79.4 | 0.1 | 41.6 | 42.4 | 40.8 | |
| Foreign-born | 2 170 627 | 1 077 900 | 1 092 727 | 20.6 | 1.2 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 42.3 | |
| Citizenship | |||||||||
| Swedish citizenship | 9 707 612 | 4 852 748 | 4 854 864 | 92.0 | 0.5 | 42.5 | 43.4 | 41.6 | |
| whereof Born in Sweden | 8 305 641 | 4 124 835 | 4 180 806 | 78.7 | 0.1 | 41.9 | 42.7 | 41.1 | |
| whereof Foreign-born | 1 401 971 | 727 913 | 674 058 | 13.3 | 3.2 | 46.2 | 47.3 | 45.1 | |
| Foreign citizenship | 844 095 | 386 440 | 457 655 | 8.0 | ‑2.4 | 35.5 | 35.3 | 35.7 | |
| whereof Born in Sweden | 75 439 | 36 453 | 38 986 | 0.7 | ‑2.8 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 13.4 | |
| whereof Foreign-born | 768 656 | 349 987 | 418 669 | 7.3 | ‑2.4 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 37.8 | |
| Foreign or Swedish background | |||||||||
| Swedish background | 7 685 031 | 3 822 526 | 3 862 505 | 72.8 | ‑0.1 | 43.4 | 44.3 | 42.6 | |
| whereof born in Sweden with two parents born in Sweden | 6 859 385 | 3 417 164 | 3 442 221 | 65.0 | ‑0.3 | 44.7 | 45.6 | 43.8 | |
| whereof born in Sweden with one foreign-born parent | 825 646 | 405 362 | 420 284 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 33.1 | 33.4 | 32.8 | |
| Foreign background | 2 866 676 | 1 416 662 | 1 450 014 | 27.2 | 1.4 | 38.0 | 38.8 | 37.2 | |
| whereof foreign-born | 2 170 627 | 1 077 900 | 1 092 727 | 20.6 | 1.2 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 42.3 | |
| whereof born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents | 696 049 | 338 762 | 357 287 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 21.7 | |
| Foreign-born by region of birth | |||||||||
| Nordic countries except Sweden | 212 979 | 121 580 | 91 399 | 2.0 | ‑2.0 | 60.1 | 61.5 | 58.2 | |
| EU except the Nordic countries | 387 027 | 188 087 | 198 940 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 44.8 | 45.7 | 44.0 | |
| Europe except the EU and the Nordic countries | 321 264 | 157 641 | 163 623 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 45.8 | 46.2 | 45.5 | |
| Africa | 253 259 | 120 489 | 132 770 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 37.2 | 36.8 | 37.5 | |
| North America | 46 602 | 23 043 | 23 559 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 41.4 | |
| South America | 80 556 | 41 876 | 38 680 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 46.8 | 47.6 | 45.9 | |
| Asia | 855 568 | 418 823 | 436 745 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 38.8 | 39.5 | 38.1 | |
| Oceania | 6 968 | 2 479 | 4 489 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 38.1 | 36.2 | 39.1 | |
| Soviet Union | 5 073 | 3 341 | 1 732 | 0.0 | ‑1.6 | 60.9 | 62.4 | 58.1 | |
| Unknown country | 1 331 | 541 | 790 | 0.0 | ‑5.3 | 34.7 | 34.6 | 34.7 | |