Migration, overseas, by nationality

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Last update: 2026-04-16

Explanation

To be registered as an immigrant, an individual must intend to stay in Sweden for at least one year. To be registered as an emigrant ,an individual must intend to live abroad for at least one year.
The immigration year is defined as the year in which immigration was registered in the population register kept by the Swedish Tax Administration. The immigration year always refers to the most recent registered immigration.
Re-immigration refers to a return to Sweden after being resident abroad and re-emigration refers to immigration, followed by another departure from Sweden. Reported as immigrant.
Refugees whose applications are still being processed are not included in the statistics, neither as immigrants nor as foreign citizens in the population. Those who are not granted residence permits and who leave the country as a result are also not included among the emigrants.

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Immigrants and emigrants during 2025 by country of citizenship.

Immigrants				Emigrants
Country of citizenship	Norrbotten County		Sweden	Country of citizenship	Norrbotten County		Sweden
Country of citizenship	Number	Per cent	Per cent	Country of citizenship	Number	Per cent	Per cent
Sweden	300	11,2	23,2	Sweden	443	43,0	49,8
Africa	252	9,4	6,0	Finland	100	9,7	1,6
Ukraine	246	9,2	7,7	Africa	51	4,9	3,0
Finland	153	5,7	1,9	Poland	30	2,9	4,0
India	138	5,1	5,5	Germany	25	2,4	2,7
Germany	107	4,0	3,9	India	25	2,4	3,5
Netherlands	87	3,2	2,4	Norway	20	1,9	1,4
France	77	2,9	1,5	Netherlands	20	1,9	1,0
Afghanistan	73	2,7	1,9	South America	20	1,9	1,1
Poland	72	2,7	2,4	Spain	19	1,8	1,3
North America	59	2,2	2,4	Romania	18	1,7	2,0
Spain	51	1,9	1,5	France	15	1	1,2
South America	51	1,9	1,6	Italy	14	1,4	1,4
Romania	49	1,8	1,9	China	13	1,3	1,5
Italy	38	1,4	1,8	Ukraine	12	1,2	0,7
Pakistan	28	1,0	3,6	Afghanistan	10	1,0	0,7
Norway	22	0,8	1,5	Pakistan	6	0,6	1,1
Oceania	21	0,8	0,3	North America	4	0,4	1,3
China	13	0,5	2,9	Oceania	4	0,4	0,2
Denmark	7	0,3	1,9	Denmark	3	0,3	2,0
Iceland	0	0,0	0,5	Iceland	0	0,0	0,4
Stateless	18	0,7	0,3	Stateless	0	0,0	0,2
Unknown	0	0	0	Unknown	3	0	0
Total	2 688	100	100	Total	1 031	100	100
Source: Statistics Sweden				Source: Statistics Sweden