Scholars strive for accuracy, but that accuracy may be less than one hundred percent for some areas. "[28] A 2018 study concluded that in Sweden by "2065, the share of the native population is [set] to decrease to 49%, the Western population is projected to fall to 63%, and the Muslim population increase to 25%. ), Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (mostly Yemeni Arab, also French, Ethiopian, and Italian), African descent 84.5%, mixed 9%, Indigenous 3.8%, other 2.1%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est. ", Statistics Sweden, Number of citizens born in Africa living in Sweden in 2022, by country of birth Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/525889/sweden-number-of-african-immigrants-by-country-of-birth/ (last visited March 04, 2023), Number of citizens born in Africa living in Sweden in 2022, by country of birth [Graph], Statistics Sweden, February 22, 2023. The People of the World (and How They're Counted) . Year 2002 - 2021, Number of persons with foreign or Swedish background (rough division) by region, age and sex. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from, List of countries by immigrant population, List of Swedish counties by fertility rate, "Summerad fruktsamhet efter region och kn. r 2000 2021", "Svenska kyrkans medlemsutveckling r 19722019", "Sweden Snaps Strong Ties Between Church and State", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_Sweden&oldid=1142384689, 3.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.). Then, what about mulatto or colored? As of 2020, Statistics Sweden reported that around 2,686,040 or 25.9% of the inhabitants of Sweden were from a foreign background: that is, each such person either had been born abroad or had been born in Sweden to two parents who themselves had both been born abroad. Year 1968 - 2022, Population 1 November by region, age and sex. In 2022, the population increased by 69 230 people or 0.7 percent. Swedens five national minorities have long historical ties to the country. The total fertility rate for Swedish-born women was 1.62, for foreign-born ones 1.86. The first group of Assyrians/Syriacs moved to Sweden from Lebanon in 1967. Hungarian 85.6%, Romani 3.2%, German 1.9%, other 2.6%, unspecified 14.1% (2011 est.) Overview. Year 2010 - 2021, Population per region by region of birth and sex. the proportion of retail cash transactions has dropped from around 40 percent in 2010 to about 15 percent today. Year 2002 - 2022, Unaccompanied refugee minors by age, citizenship, sex. Year 2000 - 2022, Population statistics by region and sex. Despite the country being considered one of the least racist in the world, police biases and Afrophobia are rife, and Sweden's past involvement with the cross-Atlantic slave trade and racist . The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrn (Statistics Sweden). [8] Of these immigrants, the largest groups were born in Somalia (63,853), Eritrea (35,142), Ethiopia (17,944), Morocco (9,945), Egypt (6,807), Gambia (5,055), and Nigeria (5,027). Year 1998 - 2021, Average age at marriage by sex. Note: percentages add up to more than 100% because some respondents identified more than one ethnic origin. In 2018, the country's population was about 5.8 million inhabitants. A Population pyramid (also called "Age-Sex Pyramid") is a graphical representation of the age and sex of a population. Note. 38%. Among the Black population, 12% have reported being both "White" and "Black" in the 2016 Census. Note: figures add up to more than 100% because many respondents identified more than one ethnic origin. Black or African American 12.4%, Asian 6%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1.1%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander . Finally, we singled out the Asian and European countries that have the lowest percentage of population marked as other in CIAs Factbook. The strategy is based on human rights, with a particular focus on the principle of non-discrimination. Donate. CNBC confirms this, and their recent studies are showing that by the year of 2050, 1 in 4 people on Earth will be African. ), Somali 85%, Bantu and other non-Somali 15% (including 30,000 Arabs), Black African 80.9%, Colored 8.8%, White 7.8%, Indian/Asian 2.6% (2021 est. [11] News anchor Katarina Sandstrm,[12] TV-comedian Marika Carlsson[13] and restaurateur and celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson[14] are three well-known Swedes adopted from Ethiopia. So while the US knows its black population makes up roughly 13% of its population, and the UK's black population amounts . Since the European migrant crisis, Syrians became the second-largest group of foreign-born persons in the Swedish civil registry in 2017 with 158,443 people (after former Yugoslavia). A 2006 study states that "[based upon current data, extrapolated with relevant assumptions] Sweden and the Netherlands would have majority foreign-origin populations by the end of the [21st] century. Year 1973 - 2021, Number of persons with foreign or Swedish background (detailed division) by region, age and sex. [56] Other Christian denominations in Sweden include the Roman Catholic Church (see Catholic Church of Sweden), several Orthodox churches in diaspora, Baptist, Pentecostal, Neo-pietistic (nyevangeliska) and other evangelical Christian churches (frikyrkor = 'free churches'). Swedish Finns are the largest national minority in Sweden, with a population of somewhere between 400,000 and 600,000 people, and the Tornedalers are around 50,000. ), Mixed 70.4% (Mestizo/Indio 58%, Mulatto 12.4%), Black 15.8%, White 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est. The demography of Sweden is monitored by Statistics Sweden (SCB). The majority of municipalities with the highest level of education are located in Stockholm County. (It's worth noting that the gap between Sweden and its neighboring countries has grown significantly since May 15, to between 10 and 20 times as many deaths per 100,000 population compared to . ), Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est. Meanwhile, 55% want the same or more police presence. What percentage of Norway is black? On the other side, a raceis a grouping of humans whoshare physical traits like skin color, hair, andfacial features. African immigrants have been living in Sweden since the 17th century,[2] but in very few numbers. ), Chhettri 16.6%, Brahman-Hill 12.2%, Magar 7.1%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.8%, Newar 5%, Kami 4.8%, Muslim 4.4%, Yadav 4%, Rai 2.3%, Gurung 2%, Damai/Dholii 1.8%, Thakuri 1.6%, Limbu 1.5%, Sarki 1.4%, Teli 1.4%, Chamar/Harijan/Ram 1.3%, Koiri/Kushwaha 1.2%, other 19% (2011 est. Year 2010 - 2021, Population per region by foreign or Swedish background and sex. There are an estimated 3,428,000 foreign-born residents living in Scandinavia, which is approximately 15.87% of the region's total population. It is common knowledge that black people form a huge percent of the total population in Africa, as well as in North, South and Central America, so we excluded countries from these continents. Sixties-era civil rights activists like Fannie Lou Hamer and . ), Homogeneous mixture of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, Australasian, and African resulting from historical changes in regional hegemony over marine trade routes, Bambara 33.3%, Fulani (Peuhl) 13.3%, Sarakole/Soninke/Marka 9.8%, Senufo/Manianka 9.6%, Malinke 8.8%, Dogon 8.7%, Sonrai 5.9%, Bobo 2.1%, Tuareg/Bella 1.7%, other Malian 6%, from members of Economic Community of West Africa 0.4%, other 0.3% (2018 est. Only 1 in 4 people living in Sweden uses cash at least once a week. In 1900, there were 79 Africans in Sweden, of which 5, all South Africans, were citizens. ), Mossi 52%, Fulani 8.4%, Gurma 7%, Bobo 4.9%, Gurunsi 4.6%, Senufo 4.5%, Bissa 3.7%, Lobi 2.4%, Dagara 2.4%, Tuareg/Bella 1.9%, Dioula 0.8%, unspecified/no answer 0.3%, other 7.2% (2010 est. 2.1 million by country of birth [Graph], Statistics Sweden, February . [18],[19] 87% of the population live in urban areas, which cover 1.5% of the entire land area. The biggest group of immigrants in Sweden is . In only two of 81 surveyed countries, more than 40 percent of respondents said they would not want a neighbor of a different race. When Sweden and Finland were separated in 1809, the border was drawn along the river. Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and White) 69%, White 17%, Black 9%, Amerindian 5%, Hausa 53.1%, Zarma/Songhai 21.2%, Tuareg 11%, Fulani (Peuhl) 6.5%, Kanuri 5.9%, Gurma 0.8%, Arab 0.4%, Tubu 0.4%, other/unavailable 0.9% (2006 est. Every fourth (24.9%) resident in the country has a foreign background and every third (32.3%) has at least one parent born abroad. Covid-19 Response Fund. statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account. Sweden's population has become much more ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse over the past 70 years as a result of immigration. ), Croat 90.4%, Serb 4.4%, other 4.4% (including Bosniak, Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, and Romani), unspecified 0.8% (2011 est. [37] In Canada, the community of Swedish ancestry is 330,000 strong. While Sweden has had fertility rates below the population replacement rate for decades, the . We report on the observations of the quasar NRAO 530 with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) on 2017 April 57, when NRAO 530 was used as a calibrator for the EHT observations of ), Samoan 96%, Samoan/New Zealander 2%, other 1.9% (2011 est. ), Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, Mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%, African descent 87.3%, mixed 4.7%, Hispanic 2.7%, White 1.6%, other 2.7%, unspecified 0.9% (2011 est. 6 September 2005. There have also been immigrants from South-Central Asia such as Afghanistan and India. Immigrants from Western Asia have been a rapidly growing share of Sweden's population. The number of Black-owned employer businesses in the United States in 2017. ), Thai 97.5%, Burmese 1.3%, other 1.1%, unspecified <0.1% (2015 est. And its up to individuals to define themselves as part of this minority. 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In 2020 a total of 366 shootings occurred in which 117 people were injured and 47 people died. The country was only separated from Sweden in 1809, with Sweden becoming a constitutional monarchy. [4], The 1970s, 1980s and 1990s saw increasing immigration from Africa, often as a consequence of civil wars. Total doses distributed to EU/EEA countries. Administrative authorities also have a duty to give minorities real influence on issues that affect them. Year 1968 - 2022, The marriages average duration in years at divorce respectively death, by region. Since the early 1970s, immigration to Sweden has been mostly due to refugee migration and family reunification from countries in the Middle East and Latin America. Year 2000M01 - 2022M12, Population by age and sex. In addition, Sweden's indigenous population groups include the Sami people, who have a history of practicing hunting and gathering and gradually adopting a largely semi-nomadic reindeer herding lifestyle. ), Sotho 99.7%, Europeans, Asians, and other 0.3%, Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.8%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2% (2002), Makhuwa 26.1%, Portuguese (official) 16.6%, Tsonga 8.6%, Nyanja 8.1, Sena 7.1%, Lomwe 7.1%, Chuwabo 4.7%, Ndau 3.8%, Tswa 3.8%, other Mozambican languages 11.8%, other 0.5%, unspecified 1.8% (2017 est. Ethnicity, on the other hand, is simpler to define. ), Black Moors (Haratines) 40%, White Moors (Beydane) 30%, Sub-Saharan Mauritanians including Halpulaar, Fulani, Soninke, Wolof, and Bambara 30%, Indo-Mauritian approx. Year 2010 - 2021, Population per region by age and sex. ), I-Kiribati 95.78%, I-Kiribati/mixed 3.8%, Tuvaluan 0.2%, other 1.7% (2020 est.). Mortality in the most affected countries. At the other end of the spectrum, adults earning at least $75,000 and adults with a college degree or postgraduate education are least likely to overestimate these populations. Year 1871 - 2021, Number of marriages and divorces per month by region. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.[7]. Following Swedens military campaigns in Finland in the 13th century, Finland gradually came under Swedish rule. As average population is an estimate of the population in the middle of the year and not end of the year. Then, World War II led to the displacement of about 70,000 Finns to Sweden. These efforts included investigating more trafficking cases, par [3] One of the early documented Africans in Sweden was Gustav Badin, (1747 or 1750 to 1822), a black court-servant and diarist, originally a slave, butler of Queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika and later Princess Sophia Albertine of Sweden. For a language to qualify as an official national minority language in Sweden, two conditions must be met: it must be a language, not a dialect, and it must have been spoken without interruption for at least three successive generations or 100 years. Most of Sweden's population lives in Svealand and Gtaland. In 2000 Sweden recognised Jews and Yiddish, the Roma and Romani Chib, the Sami and the Sami language, the Swedish Finns and Finnish, as well as the Tornedalers and Menkieli (sometimes called Torne Valley Finnish) as official minorities and minority languages. The majority (56.4%) of the population belongs to the Church of Sweden,[55] the Lutheran church that was disestablished as a state church in 2000. compared with the same period previous year. Besides the EU survey, another study showed that the coronavirus death rate in Sweden was 220 percent higher among people born outside the country. ), Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est. While the Smi have lived in Fennoscandia from at earliest 3,500 years[21] to at latest around 2,650 years,[22] Smi settlement of Scandinavia does not predate Norse/Scandinavian settlement of Scandinavia, as sometimes popularly assumed. [citation needed] but the influx gave rise to an anti-Finnish sentiment within Sweden and Norway. ), Belarusian 83.7%, Russian 8.3%, Polish 3.1%, Ukrainian 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.9% (2009 est.). Until 1996, those who had family members in the church automatically became members at birth. Many census tracts in northwest Tulsa are over 80% Black. ), Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.