Diaspora

Somalis in Sweden

Population, asylum, naturalization, and reception-system records for the Somali-born community in Sweden, drawn from Statistics Sweden (SCB) micro-data, 1973–2019.

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Somalia-born Population in Sweden

People, by sex · 2000–2019

SCB (Statistics Sweden)

Asylum Applications

Applications, by sex · 2002–2019

SCB (Statistics Sweden)

Naturalizations

Grants of Swedish citizenship, by sex · 2000–2019

SCB (Statistics Sweden)

Migration Agency Intake

Total Migrationsverket reception-system intake · 2002–2019

SCB / Migrationsverket, via Statistics Sweden

Somali Citizens Resident in Sweden

Somali citizenship-holders, by sex · 1973–2019

SCB (Statistics Sweden)

Residents by Years Since Immigration

Somali-born residents, both sexes combined · 2019

SCB (Statistics Sweden)
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Somalia's own displaced & refugee population

Note: the two figures below describe people displaced inside Somalia and Somali refugees worldwide (CIA World Factbook, 2024) — they are not part of the Sweden-based diaspora data above, and the two should not be summed or compared directly.
Internally Displaced Persons
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CIA World Factbook, 2024
Refugees (originating from Somalia)
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CIA World Factbook, 2024