Population Statistics
Sweden
Population
|
10,202,491 |
|
[July 2020 est.] |
Language
|
Swedish [official] |
|
Official minority languages include Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish and Meankieli |
Religion
| Church of Sweden Lutheran Christianity | 60.2% |
|---|---|
| Other including Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and other branches of Christianity | 8.5% |
| None or unspecified | 31.3% |
|
[2017 est.] |
|
Ethnicity
| Swedish | 80.9% |
|---|---|
| Syrian | 1.8% |
| Finnish | 1.4% |
| Iraqi | 1.4% |
| Other | 14.5% |
|
[2018 est.] |
|
|
The Swedish Government reports by country of birth. The indigenous Sami people are estimated to number between 20,000 and 40,000. |
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Cultural Dimensions
|
31 |
|
|
71 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
29 |
|
|
53 |
|
|
78 |
|
Australians with Swedish Ancestry
| 40,214 |
| [Census, 2016] |
Swedish in Australia
Population
|
9,553 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
This figure refers to the number of Australian residents that were born in Sweden. |
Median Age
|
41 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
Gender
| Male | 42.1% |
|---|---|
| Female | 58.0% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Religion
| No Religion | 54.9% |
|---|---|
| Lutheran Christianity | 14.0% |
| Anglican Christianity | 5.1% |
| Catholic Christianity | 4.7% |
| Other Religion | 14.9% |
| Not Stated | 5.5% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Ancestry
| Swedish | 65.6% |
|---|---|
| Australian | 5.2% |
| Finnish | 4.7% |
| English | 3.4% |
| Other Ancestry | 21.0% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Language Spoken at Home
| Swedish | 55.2% |
|---|---|
| English | 37.9% |
| Finnish | 0.7% |
| Other Languages | 5.3% |
|
Of those who speak a language other than English at home, 98.0% speak English fluently. |
|
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Diaspora
| New South Wales | 36.8% |
|---|---|
| Queensland | 22.9% |
| Victoria | 21.5% |
| Western Australia | 10.8% |
| Other | 8.0% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Arrival to Australia
| Prior to 2007 | 61.5% |
|---|---|
| 2007 - 2011 | 13.6% |
| 2012 - 2016 | 21.9% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
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