Sweden: foreign-born population by region of birth 2022

In 2022, people from Asia formed the biggest group of foreign-born inhabitants in Sweden, with over 845,000 people. People born in the EU and the Nordic countries accounted for the second largest group of foreign-born inhabitants, reaching around 593,000 people. Looking at single countries, the largest group of Sweden's foreign-born population was born in Syria.

Foreign-born population in Sweden in 2022, by region of birth

Characteristic	Number of inhabitants
Asia	845,230
The Nordic and EU-countries, excluding Sweden	593,184
Europe outside the Nordic and the EU, including South America, North America, and Oceania	456,379
Africa	250,881

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February 2023

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Sweden

Survey time period

2022

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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 as well.

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