ABSTRACT
The immigrant population in Sweden was 790,445 in 1990, or 9.2 per cent of the total population. At the end of 2004 the number of immigrants increased to 1,100,262 persons, or 12.2 per cent of the total population. Moreover, about 800,000 persons born in Sweden are children of parents from another country of origin. Together with their children they represent 21 per cent of the population today. Nearly 40 per cent of the immigrants who came to Sweden during the last 60 years have returned to their home country or have emigrated to a third country. The immigrant population includes nationalities from all over the world.
