Net migration in Sweden

Net migration to Sweden was 47,079 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sweden, 2025 47,079 People
Change from 2024 −6.1% 2024: 50,115 people
European Union, 2025 -317,019 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 22nd of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Sweden over time

View
Places
2 selected
Sweden European Union ×

People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period SwedenEuropean Union
2025 47,079 people -317,019 people
2024 50,115 people 194,612 people
2023 55,209 people 1,304,104 people
2022 58,955 people 4,206,655 people
2021 51,947 people 1,023,760 people
2020 37,302 people 1,066,639 people
2019 72,619 people 1,415,454 people
2018 87,517 people 1,355,231 people
2017 102,671 people 1,145,236 people
2016 119,234 people 1,025,819 people
2015 80,534 people 1,510,501 people
2014 77,654 people 777,635 people
2013 66,760 people 559,014 people
2012 52,879 people 414,115 people
2011 46,049 people 609,533 people
2010 51,175 people 656,784 people
2009 63,638 people 627,112 people
2008 56,452 people 1,020,991 people
2007 54,907 people 1,481,382 people
2006 51,675 people 610,067 people
2005 27,030 people 1,220,827 people
2004 25,842 people 1,430,224 people
2003 29,161 people 1,583,811 people
2002 31,364 people 1,523,588 people
2001 28,856 people 902,221 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.1% from 50,115 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 80,534 people, the figure has changed by −41.5%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was -317,019 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Sweden
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects