Strömstad
- Share 2025
- 35.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.5 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Strömstad
In depth · Borås
Immigration and foreign background in Borås
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Borås: 39,838 residents (34.6%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 115,238 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. 28,567 residents were born abroad (24.8%, 2025). Sweden: 27.7%; difference +6.9 percentage points (2025).
Foreign background means born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. These are population stocks, not annual immigration flows.
Last updated: View changelog
Borås in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 34.6 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +14.3 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: +6.9 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 26 of 290
- Same definition and year (2025) for all ranked municipalities.
Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2 — observed population composition (stock). People received further down are a flow and measure something else. Stock vs flow
Trend 2002–2025
Share of the population in Borås with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 20.3 %; 2003: 20.8 %; 2004: 21.2 %; 2005: 21.8 %; 2006: 22.5 %; 2007: 23.0 %; 2008: 23.5 %; 2009: 24.0 %; 2010: 24.7 %; 2011: 25.1 %; 2012: 25.6 %; 2013: 26.3 %; 2014: 27.0 %; 2015: 27.9 %; 2016: 28.9 %; 2017: 29.9 %; 2018: 30.8 %; 2019: 31.7 %; 2020: 32.4 %; 2021: 33.1 %; 2022: 33.8 %; 2023: 34.0 %; 2024: 34.3 %; 2025: 34.6 %
How to verify this figure
- Source
- Statistics Sweden (SCB)
- Period
- 2025
- Definition
- Share of the population with a foreign background (born abroad, or born in Sweden with two foreign-born parents).
- Geography
- Borås
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
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- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth
Residents by region of birth. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
28,380 people
24.7% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden75.3 %(86,492)
Nordics excluding Sweden2.8 %(3,173)
Other Europe6.6 %(7,582)
Outside Europe15.3 %(17,625)
Thin line = national average. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
People received, vulnerable areas & marginal cost
Received 2020–2024 (a flow), the Police's vulnerable areas and a own illustrative scenario.
Reception & illustrative scenario
2020–2024
- Foreign-born (20–64)
- 31.4 %
- Received, 5 years
- 795
- 6.9 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- 2
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −102 kr
- Range −73 kr → −130 kr
- Model: Ruist (ESO 2018:3; calculations based on 2015 public finances), unadjusted amount from the report (low/mid/high)
Analysis/model Own illustrative scenario: mean annual reception 2020–2024 × Ruist’s national refugee life-cycle estimate using 2015 public finances, divided by 2024 population; no price adjustment. Assumes the national estimate applies locally. Not an observed municipal cost; not everyone with a foreign background. Formula, assumptions and limitations
Areas per the Swedish Police 2025
- HässleholmenParticularly vulnerable area
- NorrbyParticularly vulnerable area
Swedish Police Authority · Situational report on vulnerable areas 2025.
Compare Borås with other municipalities
Borås is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Borås34.6 %
Borås — 2002: 20.3 %; 2003: 20.8 %; 2004: 21.2 %; 2005: 21.8 %; 2006: 22.5 %; 2007: 23.0 %; 2008: 23.5 %; 2009: 24.0 %; 2010: 24.7 %; 2011: 25.1 %; 2012: 25.6 %; 2013: 26.3 %; 2014: 27.0 %; 2015: 27.9 %; 2016: 28.9 %; 2017: 29.9 %; 2018: 30.8 %; 2019: 31.7 %; 2020: 32.4 %; 2021: 33.1 %; 2022: 33.8 %; 2023: 34.0 %; 2024: 34.3 %; 2025: 34.6 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Borås
Borås vs neighbours
Nearest municipalities plus county and national averages.
Borås
- Share 2025
- 34.6 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.6 pp
- Immigration page
Trollhättan
- Share 2025
- 31.9 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.3 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Trollhättan
Västra Götalands län
- Share 2025
- 28.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.7 pp
- Immigration page
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Vårgårda
- Share 2025
- 18.8 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.8 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Vårgårda
Herrljunga
- Share 2025
- 16.6 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +2.9 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Herrljunga
Bollebygd
- Share 2025
- 14.1 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +3.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Bollebygd
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strömstad | 35.2 % | +6.5 pp | Immigration in Strömstad |
| Borås | 34.6 % | +6.6 pp | |
| Trollhättan | 31.9 % | +5.3 pp | Immigration in Trollhättan |
| Västra Götalands län | 28.0 % | +5.7 pp | |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Vårgårda | 18.8 % | +5.8 pp | Immigration in Vårgårda |
| Herrljunga | 16.6 % | +2.9 pp | Immigration in Herrljunga |
| Bollebygd | 14.1 % | +3.1 pp | Immigration in Bollebygd |
Foreign background, all ages/sexes. County and national shares: own ratios of SCB published geographic counts; change 2015–2025 in percentage points. CKM method break 2025; subgroup cells may not sum to the published total. SCB
Most common countries of birth in Borås
Links to the national page for each country of birth. Source: SCB BE0101E.
- Syrien2 951
- Finland2 443
- Somalia1 860
- Afghanistan1 580
- Iran1 577
- Irak1 315
- Bosnien och Hercegovina1 274
- Jugoslavien1 259
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 80.98 %
- Seats
- 73
- Valid votes
- 72,362
- Blank votes
- 932
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.55 % | – | 21,380 | 22 | |
| 18.82 % | – | 13,619 | 14 | |
| 17.66 % | – | 12,779 | 13 | |
| 9.77 % | – | 7,068 | 7 | |
| 9.45 % | – | 6,839 | 7 | |
| 5.30 % | – | 3,838 | 4 | |
| 4.59 % | – | 3,319 | 3 | |
| 3.90 % | – | 2,819 | 3 | |
| Other parties (15) | 0.97 % | – | 701 | – |
Results by constituency (3)
Seats per constituency include allocated adjustment seats.
Borås Östra 180.58 % turnout · 22 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32.03 % | – | 6,948 | 7 | |
| 16.60 % | – | 3,601 | 4 | |
| 16.58 % | – | 3,596 | 4 | |
| 10.41 % | – | 2,258 | 2 | |
| 10.19 % | – | 2,211 | 2 | |
| 5.44 % | – | 1,180 | 1 | |
| 4.57 % | – | 991 | 1 | |
| 3.24 % | – | 702 | 1 | |
| Other parties (11) | 0.96 % | – | 208 | – |
Borås Södra 280.33 % turnout · 23 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.81 % | – | 6,487 | 7 | |
| 20.46 % | – | 4,772 | 5 | |
| 18.33 % | – | 4,276 | 4 | |
| 9.40 % | – | 2,193 | 2 | |
| 9.22 % | – | 2,150 | 2 | |
| 4.88 % | – | 1,137 | 1 | |
| 4.65 % | – | 1,085 | 1 | |
| 4.26 % | – | 994 | 1 | |
| Other parties (10) | 0.98 % | – | 229 | – |
Borås Västra 381.88 % turnout · 28 seats
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.06 % | – | 7,945 | 8 | |
| 19.19 % | – | 5,246 | 5 | |
| 17.95 % | – | 4,907 | 5 | |
| 9.73 % | – | 2,660 | 3 | |
| 8.91 % | – | 2,435 | 3 | |
| 5.56 % | – | 1,521 | 2 | |
| 4.55 % | – | 1,243 | 1 | |
| 4.11 % | – | 1,123 | 1 | |
| Other parties (12) | 0.97 % | – | 264 | – |
Latest actual election: 13 September 2026 (final count). Turnout figures in Kolada series elsewhere on this page refer to an earlier election and are labelled with their series year.
Full municipal election result →Results by voting district →
Earlier election results in Borås (2014–2022)
Everything about Borås
Schools, crime, economy, tax rate and elections are on the municipality's main page.
Open Borås municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Borås has a foreign background?
In 2025, 34.6 % of the population in Borås had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 6.9 percentage points above the national average (27.7 %). "Foreign background" is the broader Statistics Sweden definition and includes both people born abroad and people born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. The share is a stock measure and does not show annual immigration (inflow).
›How many residents of Borås have a foreign background?
39,838 residents of Borås had a foreign background (2025). Source: Statistics Sweden, UtlSvBakgGrovCKM, published count. CKM-protected component cells need not sum exactly to the published total.
›How has the share with a foreign background in Borås changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 20.3 % (2002) to 34.6 % (2025), a change of +14.3 percentage points. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2.
›What is the difference between "foreign background" and "born abroad"?
Born abroad = a person born outside Sweden. Foreign background = born abroad, or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. Both measures are official; foreign background is at least as large for the same population and year.
›Where were the foreign-born residents of Borås born?
See the "Country/region of birth" section on this page. Foreign-born residents are people born outside Sweden, reported in three aggregated groups: the Nordic countries excluding Sweden, the rest of Europe, and outside Europe. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Sources and method
BE0101Q2Foreign/Swedish background — share by municipality (UtlSvBakgGrov)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗FodelselandArKCKM / FolkmRegFlandKCKM; history FodelselandArKPopulation by region, region/country of birth and sexReference period: 2000–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Open source ↗BE0101N1Population by municipality, age, sex and year (31 Dec)Reference period: 2002–2025 · Retrieved: 2026-08-13
Open source ↗- Open source ↗
ME0104General elections — votes per party and municipality (Election Authority via SCB)
Each figure on this page is traceable to the dataset listed above. Missing data is left out — never shown as zero. Definitions, model and sources