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 2021 by country of citizenship.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Country of citizenship
Västra Götaland County
Sweden
Number
Per cent
2 668
17,3
17,7
4 632
56,0
52,7
Europe (excl EU, Scandinavia)
1 560
10,1
9,2
Norway
381
4,6
2,7
Africa
1 490
9,6
9,9
364
4,4
3,9
India
1 489
6,6
300
3,6
3,4
Poland
603
3,5
265
3,2
3,3
Iran
563
2,2
Germany
182
2,8
Syria
546
4,0
Denmark
162
2,0
3,1
467
3,0
3,7
Finland
158
1,9
Pakistan
434
North America
156
1,8
South America
401
2,6
2,3
China
1,7
357
1,5
134
1,6
356
2,1
Iraq
99
1,2
1,0
Afghanistan
340
2,4
Romania
98
1,3
331
65
0,8
0,9
318
2,5
Iceland
56
0,7
0,6
309
51
199
47
0,4
148
44
0,5
70
Oceania
29
0,3
50
15
0,2
Stateless
55
Unknown
41
20
Total
15 451
100
7 664
Source: Statistics Sweden