Population — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2023, Sweden's population decreased by 3.8% compared to 2022, reaching 535,246.

Sweden accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 26,820,150.

Sweden ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.1% (from 563,881 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.