Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Sweden

Number of immigrants in Sweden in 2024 — 2,272,158 people. Ranked 35 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 189.7%.

2024 2.27M people +11.71% vs 2020
World rank 35of 215
Period maximum 2.27M people2024
Period minimum 784,283 people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Sweden, 1990–202401M2M3M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 784,283 people1995: 944,802 people2000: 1,022,156 people2005: 1,126,971 people2010: 1,372,074 people2015: 1,638,195 people2020: 2,033,902 people2024: 2,272,158 people
Change over the period: +1.49M (+189.71%) Average annual rate: 3.18 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sweden

Sweden 2.27M people
World 303M people
Europe & Central Asia 106M people
Northern Europe computed 18.55M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 2.27M
2020 2.03M
2015 1.64M
2010 1.37M
2005 1.13M
2000 1.02M
1995 944,802
1990 784,283

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.