Immigration in Sweden
Sweden recorded 116,197 immigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.
Sweden, 2024
116,197
Change from 2023
+22.9%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
14th of 33
Immigration in Sweden over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 116,197 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 94,514 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 102,436 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 90,631 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 82,518 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 115,805 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 132,602 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 144,489 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 163,005 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 134,240 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 126,966 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 115,845 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 103,059 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 96,467 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 98,801 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 102,280 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 101,171 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 99,485 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 95,750 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 65,229 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 62,028 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 63,795 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 64,087 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 60,795 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 58,659 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +22.9% from 94,514 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 126,966 immigrants, the figure has changed by −8.5%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Sweden has the 14th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Sweden
All statistics for Sweden
Emigration
86,449 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
62,989 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
47,079 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
5,100 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
1.2 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
5.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division