Demographics of Sweden

1782

Shamanism persisted among the Sami people up until the 18th century, but no longer exists in its traditional form as most Sami today belong to the Lutheran church. Jews were permitted to practice their religion in five Swedish cities in 1782, and have enjoyed full rights as citizens since 1870.

1820

Since then, net migration has been positive with many immigrants coming to Sweden from the 1970s through today. === Emigration=== Between 1820 and 1930, approximately 1.3 million Swedes, a third of the country's population at the time, emigrated to North America, and most of them to the United States.

1870

Shamanism persisted among the Sami people up until the 18th century, but no longer exists in its traditional form as most Sami today belong to the Lutheran church. Jews were permitted to practice their religion in five Swedish cities in 1782, and have enjoyed full rights as citizens since 1870.

1930

Since then, net migration has been positive with many immigrants coming to Sweden from the 1970s through today. === Emigration=== Between 1820 and 1930, approximately 1.3 million Swedes, a third of the country's population at the time, emigrated to North America, and most of them to the United States.

1950

In the early 2000s, birth rate declined as immigration increased further, with the context of unrest in the Middle East, upholding steady population growth. ===Population projections=== In 1950 Sweden had fewer people aged 10–20 with more people ages 20–30 and 0–10.

Also, many of Denmark's nearly 7,000 Jews who were evacuated to Sweden decided to remain there. A sizable community from the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) arrived during the Second World War. 1945 to 1967 During the 1950s and 1960s, the recruitment of immigrant labour was an important factor of immigration.

According to the government agency Statistics Sweden, the number of immigrants born in all of Asia (including the Middle East) rose from just 1,000 in 1950 to 295,000 in 2003.

1951

The new Freedom of Religion Bill was passed in 1951, and former obstacles against Non-Lutherans working in schools and hospitals were removed.

1952

The Nordic countries signed a trade agreement in 1952, establishing a common labour market and free movement across borders.

1960

Also, many of Denmark's nearly 7,000 Jews who were evacuated to Sweden decided to remain there. A sizable community from the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) arrived during the Second World War. 1945 to 1967 During the 1950s and 1960s, the recruitment of immigrant labour was an important factor of immigration.

1967

Also, many of Denmark's nearly 7,000 Jews who were evacuated to Sweden decided to remain there. A sizable community from the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) arrived during the Second World War. 1945 to 1967 During the 1950s and 1960s, the recruitment of immigrant labour was an important factor of immigration.

There are 8.27 million Swedish-born residents, giving a total population of 10.23 million, and a 19.1% foreign-born population. The first group of Assyrians/Syriacs moved to Sweden from Lebanon in 1967.

1970

Since then, net migration has been positive with many immigrants coming to Sweden from the 1970s through today. === Emigration=== Between 1820 and 1930, approximately 1.3 million Swedes, a third of the country's population at the time, emigrated to North America, and most of them to the United States.

In Canada, the community of Swedish ancestry is 330,000 strong. ===Immigration=== The demographic profile of Sweden has altered considerably due to immigration patterns since the 1970s.

1990

During the 1990s, birth rate increased by more than 100,000 children per year while death rates fell and immigration surged.

Since the European migrant crisis, Syrians became the second-largest group of foreign-born persons in the Swedish civil registry in 2017 with 158,443 people (after former Yugoslavia). Note that the table below lists the citizenship the person had when arriving in Sweden, and therefore there are no registered Eritreans, Russians or Bosnians from 1990, they were recorded as Ethiopians, Soviets and Yugoslavs.

1991

The nationality of Yugoslavs below is therefore people who came to Sweden from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before 1991 and people who came from today's Montenegro and Serbia before 2003, then called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1996

This is because until 1996, those who had family members in the church automatically became members at birth.

2000

In the early 2000s, birth rate declined as immigration increased further, with the context of unrest in the Middle East, upholding steady population growth. ===Population projections=== In 1950 Sweden had fewer people aged 10–20 with more people ages 20–30 and 0–10.

2003

According to the government agency Statistics Sweden, the number of immigrants born in all of Asia (including the Middle East) rose from just 1,000 in 1950 to 295,000 in 2003.

Most of those immigrants came from Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Syria, according to Statistics Sweden. Immigration of Iraqis increased dramatically during the Iraq War, beginning in 2003.

The nationality of Yugoslavs below is therefore people who came to Sweden from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before 1991 and people who came from today's Montenegro and Serbia before 2003, then called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

2006

There are more than 4.4 million Swedish Americans according to a 2006 US Census Bureau estimate.

A total of 8,951 Iraqis came to Sweden in 2006, accounting for 45% of the entire Iraqi migration to Europe.

2007

By 2007, the community of Iraqis in Sweden numbered above 70,000.

2008

In 2008, Sweden introduced tighter rules on asylum seekers. A significant number of Syrian Christians have also settled in Sweden.

2010

By comparison, the Swedish civil registry reports, for 2018, that nearly 1.96 million residents are foreign-born, a 47% increase from 2010.

2017

The population exceeded 10 million for the first time on Friday, 20 January 2017.

In 2017 the ratio of male to female remains steady at about 50–50.

As of 2017, Statistics Sweden reported that around 2,439,007 or 24.1% of the inhabitants of Sweden were from a foreign background: that is, each such person either had been born abroad or had been born in Sweden to two parents who themselves had both been born abroad.

Also taking into account people with only one parent born abroad, this number increases to almost a third in 2017. Additionally, the birth rate among immigrant women after arriving in Sweden is somewhat higher than among ethnic Swedes.

Since the European migrant crisis, Syrians became the second-largest group of foreign-born persons in the Swedish civil registry in 2017 with 158,443 people (after former Yugoslavia). Note that the table below lists the citizenship the person had when arriving in Sweden, and therefore there are no registered Eritreans, Russians or Bosnians from 1990, they were recorded as Ethiopians, Soviets and Yugoslavs.

2018

By comparison, the Swedish civil registry reports, for 2018, that nearly 1.96 million residents are foreign-born, a 47% increase from 2010.

2020

The total resident population of Sweden was 10,377,781 in October 2020.




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