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During the period of 2001 to 2010, a total of 7,870 Indian students came for higher studies in Sweden. [1] According to Statistics Sweden, as of 2016, there are a total 25,719 India-born immigrants living in Sweden. [2] Most of these people of Indian origin are Punjabis, Bengalis, and South Indians. Some Indians sought and obtained political ...
The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total English-speaking population of the European Union and the United Kingdom combined (2012) is 256,876,220 [70] (out of a total population of 500,000,000, [71] i.e. 51%) including 65,478,252 native speakers and 191,397,968 non-native speakers, and would be ranked 2nd if it were included.
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] Residents born in Asia living in Sweden enumerated 845,230 people in 2022, approximately 9% of Sweden's population. [5]
The Indo-Aryans split off around 1800–1600 BCE from the Iranians, [51] whereafter Indo-Aryan groups moved to the Levant , northern India (Vedic people, c. 1500 BCE), and China . [2] The Iranian languages spread throughout the steppes with the Scyths and into Iran with the Medes, Parthians and Persians from c. 800 BCE. [2]
In 1950 Sweden had fewer people aged 10–20 with more people ages 20–30 and 0–10. In 2017 the ratio of male to female remains steady at about 50–50. As a whole, the graph broadens with people appearing to live longer. In 2050 it is predicted that all ages will increase from below 300,000 males and females to above 300,000 males and females.
The Kingdom of Sweden is a nation-state for the Swedish people and as such the national language is held in high regard. Of Sweden's roughly 10.5 million people, [7] almost all speak Swedish, with the overwhelming majority of people in Sweden identifying Swedish as their first language (9.5 million, according to SIL's Ethnologue).
According to the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, the Sámi population of Norway is 40,000. If all people who speak Sámi or have a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent who speaks or spoke Sámi are included, the number reaches 70,000. As of 2021, 20,545 people were registered to vote in the election for the Sámi Parliament in Norway. [172]
Sweden recognised India as an independent nation in 1947, with both countries establishing formal diplomatic relations two years later. [1] India set up a diplomatic mission in Stockholm in 1949 at the level of a legation, with the Indian head of mission holding the rank of an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary; in 1962, the mission was raised to the status of an embassy, with ...