Population in Sweden by Country/Region of Birth, Citizenship and Swedish/Foreign background, 31 December 2021
| Country/Region of Birth Citizenship Foreign or Swedish background |
2021 | Change between 2020 and 2021 per cent (%) Total |
Mean Age 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Whereof | Share of population Total |
Total | Whereof | |||||
| Women | Men | Women | Men | ||||||
| Whole population | 10 452 326 | 5 191 619 | 5 260 707 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 41.6 | 42.4 | 40.7 | |
| Region of birth | |||||||||
| Born in Sweden | 8 361 823 | 4 153 514 | 4 208 309 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 41.3 | 42.2 | 40.5 | |
| Foreign-born | 2 090 503 | 1 038 105 | 1 052 398 | 20.0 | 2.1 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 41.5 | |
| Citizenship | |||||||||
| Swedish citizenship | 9 571 500 | 4 786 740 | 4 784 760 | 91.6 | 1.0 | 42.2 | 43.1 | 41.3 | |
| whereof Born in Sweden | 8 279 297 | 4 113 491 | 4 165 806 | 79.2 | 0.4 | 41.6 | 42.5 | 40.8 | |
| whereof Foreign-born | 1 292 203 | 673 249 | 618 954 | 12.4 | 5.2 | 45.9 | 47.0 | 44.7 | |
| Foreign citizenship | 880 826 | 404 879 | 475 947 | 8.4 | ‑2.7 | 34.7 | 34.7 | 34.7 | |
| whereof Born in Sweden | 82 526 | 40 023 | 42 503 | 0.8 | ‑4.7 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 12.9 | |
| whereof Foreign-born | 798 300 | 364 856 | 433 444 | 7.6 | ‑2.5 | 37.0 | 37.3 | 36.9 | |
| Foreign or Swedish background | |||||||||
| Swedish background | 7 699 754 | 3 831 442 | 3 868 312 | 73.7 | 0.1 | 43.1 | 43.9 | 42.2 | |
| whereof born in Sweden with two parents born in Sweden | 6 894 414 | 3 436 366 | 3 458 048 | 66.0 | ‑0.1 | 44.3 | 45.2 | 43.4 | |
| whereof born in Sweden with one foreign-born parent | 805 340 | 395 076 | 410 264 | 7.7 | 1.6 | 32.4 | 32.7 | 32.2 | |
| Foreign background | 2 752 572 | 1 360 177 | 1 392 395 | 26.3 | 2.5 | 37.3 | 38.2 | 36.5 | |
| whereof foreign-born | 2 090 503 | 1 038 105 | 1 052 398 | 20.0 | 2.1 | 42.5 | 43.5 | 41.5 | |
| whereof born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents | 662 069 | 322 072 | 339 997 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 21.0 | |
| Foreign-born by region of birth | |||||||||
| Nordic countries except Sweden | 221 614 | 126 571 | 95 043 | 2.1 | ‑2.1 | 59.7 | 61.0 | 57.8 | |
| EU except the Nordic countries | 359 318 | 176 745 | 182 573 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 44.9 | 45.8 | 43.9 | |
| Europe except the EU and the Nordic countries | 309 649 | 151 841 | 157 808 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 45.2 | 45.5 | 44.8 | |
| Africa | 244 803 | 115 891 | 128 912 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 35.9 | 35.5 | 36.2 | |
| North America | 44 362 | 21 901 | 22 461 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 40.4 | 40.1 | 40.8 | |
| South America | 77 282 | 40 064 | 37 218 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 45.9 | 46.8 | 45.0 | |
| Asia | 820 127 | 398 644 | 421 483 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 37.6 | 38.4 | 36.8 | |
| Oceania | 6 634 | 2 384 | 4 250 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 37.5 | 35.6 | 38.5 | |
| Soviet Union | 5 219 | 3 438 | 1 781 | 0.1 | ‑1.5 | 59.8 | 61.3 | 56.9 | |
| Unknown country | 1 495 | 626 | 869 | 0.0 | ‑0.1 | 33.1 | 33.7 | 32.7 | |