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 2025 by country of citizenship.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Country of citizenship
Västra Götaland County
Sweden
Number
Per cent
3 487
23,4
23,2
6 621
51,8
49,8
India
1 026
6,9
5,5
635
5,0
3,5
Africa
953
6,4
6,0
Poland
552
4,3
4,0
Ukraine
830
5,6
7,7
409
3,2
3,0
Pakistan
746
3,6
Norway
325
2,5
1,4
China
571
3,8
2,9
Germany
290
2,3
2,7
490
3,3
3,9
Romania
260
2,0
373
2,4
211
1,7
1,5
316
2,1
France
166
1,3
1,2
North America
307
Italy
157
Afghanistan
300
1,9
South America
147
1,1
Netherlands
257
141
252
Spain
138
237
1,6
123
1,0
233
1,8
Finland
119
0,9
213
Denmark
108
0,8
197
105
156
80
0,6
0,7
128
70
0,5
Iceland
95
52
0,4
Oceania
38
0,3
15
0,1
0,2
Stateless
21
16
Unknown
17
39
Total
14 917
100
12 771
Source: Statistics Sweden