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The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Sweden 's population was 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023), making it the 15th-most populous country in Europe after Czech Republic , the 10th-most populous member state of the European Union , and the 89th-most populous country in the world .
According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2016, there is a total of 8,541 foreign-born children and young adults aged 0–21 who are adopted in Sweden. Of these individuals, the most common countries of birth are China (3,977), South Korea (1,735), Colombia (1,438), Vietnam (1,241), and India (1,017). [66] Population by ancestry, Sweden 2002–2011
Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of 25.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi); 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. [10] They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area.
Asian immigrants to Sweden are citizens and residents of Sweden who were born in or have ancestry from nations in Asia. Due to immigration, from 2000 to 2020, Sweden's Asian-born population grew by 577,651. [2] Many immigrants to Sweden are from Asia, with Syria and Iraq being the largest countries of Asian origin. [3] [4]
The population of Europe in 2015 was estimated to be 741 million according to the United Nations, [12] which was slightly less than 11% of the world population. The precise figure depends on the exact definition of the geographic extent of Europe. The population of the European Union (EU) was 509 million as of 2015. [13]
National statistics in Sweden date back to 1686 when the parishes of the Church of Sweden were ordered to start keeping records on the population. SCB's predecessor, the Tabellverket ("office for tabulation"), was set up in 1749, and the current name was adopted in 1858.
Statistics Sweden; Demographics of Stockholm; U. Urban areas in Sweden; List of urban areas in Sweden This page was last edited on 13 May 2022, at 00:18 (UTC). ...
Population density (people per km 2) by country. This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.