Kommunlotsen

Origin: choose a country

Where in Sweden do people with roots in a particular country live? Choose a country to see which municipalities have the most people born there, and how large the group is across Sweden. Here, origin means being born in the country, or being born in Sweden with at least one parent born there.

110 countries, sorted by how many people in Sweden have an origin there (born there or with at least one parent born there).

Finland 379,000 Syria 268,000 Iraq 237,000 Poland 151,000 Former Yugoslavia 140,000 Iran 136,000 Germany 127,000 Türkiye 116,000 Norway 114,000 Somalia 110,000 Denmark 104,000 Bosnia & Herzegovina 101,000 Afghanistan 91,000 India 82,000 Eritrea 75,000 Lebanon 70,000 Thailand 70,000 United Kingdom 64,000 Chile 60,000 Ukraine 55,000 United States 54,000 China 53,000 Romania 51,000 Pakistan 45,000 Ethiopia 44,000 Russia 39,000 Greece 38,000 Vietnam 35,000 Hungary 34,000 Italy 31,000 Philippines 31,000 Serbia 29,000 Netherlands 28,000 Morocco 28,000 Estonia 26,000 France 26,000 Spain 26,000 Colombia 25,000 Kosovo 25,000 South Korea 23,000 Lithuania 23,000 Bangladesh 22,000 Brazil 22,000 Croatia 21,000 Sri Lanka 20,000 North Macedonia 19,000 Egypt 18,000 Latvia 17,000 Austria 16,000 Peru 16,000 Albania 16,000 Bulgaria 15,000 Nigeria 15,000 Tunisia 15,000 Palestinian Territories 14,000 Former Soviet Union 14,000 Serbia and Montenegro (former) 14,000 Sudan 13,000 Gambia 13,000 DR Congo 12,000 Tjeckoslovakien 12,000 Saudi Arabia 11,000 Jordan 11,000 Iceland 11,000 Uganda 11,000 Australia 9,600 Portugal 9,500 Kenya 9,400 Switzerland 9,300 Canada 9,200 Bolivia 9,000 Argentina 8,700 Uzbekistan 8,500 Algeria 8,300 Mongolia 7,600 Ghana 7,400 Mexico 7,400 Japan 7,300 South Africa 7,200 Indonesia 6,900 Libya 6,800 Kuwait 6,800 Belgium 6,700 El Salvador 6,700 Israel 6,700 Azerbaijan 6,600 Ireland 6,600 Belarus 6,400 Burundi 6,300 Armenia 5,900 United Arab Emirates 5,700 Cuba 5,700 Ecuador 5,400 Tanzania 5,400 Uruguay 4,800 Yemen 4,800 Kazakhstan 4,400 Czechia 4,300 Cameroon 4,000 Georgia 3,800 Venezuela 3,700 Slovakia 3,700 Malaysia 3,500 Moldova 3,200 Taiwan 3,200 Nepal 3,000 Slovenia 2,900 Montenegro 2,800 Myanmar (Burma) 2,500 Kyrgyzstan 2,300

Only countries with at least 1,000 people born there living in Sweden have a page. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB). The figure after each country is rounded.