Population — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Sweden's population decreased by 4.2% compared to 2023, reaching 512,595.

Sweden accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 28,974,079.

Sweden ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.3% (from 598,363 in 2019).

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