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. Presentations of citizenship and country of birth are based on information in national registration registers. In it, possessions, colonies, mandates and administrated territories are entered under the mother country. Citizenship in principle shall refer to existing independent states.
Immigrants and emigrants during 2023 by country of citizenship.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Country of citizenship
Västra Götaland County
Sweden
Number
Per cent
2 854
17,2
18,2
6 495
53,2
51,1
India
1 944
11,7
7,9
760
6,2
4,5
Europe (excl EU, Scandinavia)
1 444
8,7
7,7
536
4,4
4,0
Africa
959
5,8
6,5
406
3,3
3,1
Poland
803
4,8
China
373
3,8
Germany
585
3,5
Norway
318
2,6
1,5
Afghanistan
501
3,0
282
2,3
487
2,9
2,8
216
1,8
2,1
Iran
466
Pakistan
167
1,4
1,6
Romania
427
South America
159
1,3
1,1
Syria
418
2,5
2,7
North America
143
1,2
1,7
Turkey
414
0,8
411
Finland
135
365
2,2
128
1,0
333
2,0
Denmark
127
311
1,9
121
Italy
281
115
0,9
Netherlands
252
86
0,7
154
Iceland
66
0,5
0,4
139
88
63
0,6
Oceania
38
0,2
0,3
27
Stateless
53
19
Unknown
21
0
Total
16 581
100
12 202
Source: Statistics Sweden