Migration overseas

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Last update: 2025-02-21

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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Overseas migration, immigrants and emigrants by gender in 2024. Västra Götaland County
	Women	Men	Total
Immigrants	9 465	8 929	18 394
Emigrants	6 604	8 524	15 128
Net migration	2 861	405	3 266
Source: Statistics Sweden

Overseas migration, immigrants and emigrants by gender in 1994-2024

Year	Västra Götaland County
	Immigrants		Emigrants		Net migration
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Total
1994	6 872	6 798	2 669	2 941	4 203	3 857	8 060
1995	3 817	3 747	2 824	3 228	993	519	1 512
1996	3 306	3 290	2 871	3 165	435	125	560
1997	3 697	3 762	3 322	3 661	375	101	476
1998	4 343	4 274	3 727	4 190	616	84	700
1999	4 503	4 306	3 230	3 538	1 273	768	2 041
2000	5 303	5 473	2 924	3 166	2 379	2 307	4 686
2001	5 085	5 393	2 916	3 235	2 169	2 158	4 327
2002	5 344	5 662	2 715	3 056	2 629	2 606	5 235
2003	5 404	5 580	2 943	3 343	2 461	2 237	4 698
2004	5 164	5 287	3 041	3 487	2 123	1 800	3 923
2005	4 985	5 424	2 980	3 464	2 005	1 960	3 965
2006	7 005	7 751	3 814	4 639	3 191	3 112	6 303
2007	6 551	7 850	3 601	4 435	2 950	3 415	6 365
2008	7 441	8 287	3 887	4 725	3 554	3 562	7 116
2009	7 161	7 692	3 265	4 011	3 896	3 681	7 577
2010	6 651	7 606	3 427	4 304	3 224	3 302	6 526
2011	6 862	7 539	3 876	4 630	2 986	2 909	5 895
2012	7 430	7 976	4 091	5 120	3 339	2 856	6 195
2013	9 041	9 782	4 025	4 788	5 016	4 994	10 010
2014	9 377	11 197	4 020	4 640	5 357	6 557	11 914
2015	9 722	11 236	3 895	4 583	5 827	6 653	12 480
2016	11 237	13 909	3 273	3 792	7 964	10 117	18 081
2017	10 476	11 387	3 381	3 750	7 095	7 637	14 732
2018	10 180	11 719	3 313	3 744	6 867	7 975	14 842
2019	8 690	10 769	3 523	4 065	5 167	6 704	11 871
2020	6 719	7 571	3 516	4 148	3 203	3 423	6 626
2021	7 503	7 948	4 019	4 251	3 484	3 697	7 181
2022	8 629	9 991	3 987	4 388	4 642	5 603	10 245
2023	7 959	8 622	5 530	6 672	2 429	1 950	4 379
2024	9 465	8 929	6 604	8 524	2 861	405	3 266
Source: Statistics Sweden