Population — EU-foreign citizens

In 2025, Sweden's population decreased by 2.1% compared to 2024, reaching 306,724.

Sweden accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 14,070,744.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.3% (from 305,943 in 2020).

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