Population in Sweden from 2012-2022, by origin

The number of foreign citizens as a share of the total population in Sweden increased steadily from 2012 to 2022. While 1.92 million foreign inhabitants lived in the country in 2012, the number had increased to 2.83 million in 2023. Over the same period, the number of Swedish inhabitants increased from 7.64 million to 7.69 million. Syrians made up the largest group of foreign-born citizens in the Nordic country that year.