Sigtuna
- Share 2025
- 52.5 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +12.9 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Sigtuna
In depth · Uppsala
Immigration and foreign background in Uppsala
Key facts
Uppsala ranks 37 of 290 municipalities for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Uppsala ranks 1 of 8 in Uppsala län for Share of residents with a foreign background (2025).
Source: SCB BE0101Q2 · 2025
Latest statistics: 2024–2025 depending on indicator
Uppsala: 75,522 residents (30.2%) had a foreign background in 2025, out of 249,726 residents. Source: Statistics Sweden. Sweden, foreign background: 27.7%; difference +2.5 percentage points (2025). 58,138 residents were born abroad (23.3%, 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
Uppsala in brief
- Share with foreign background, 2025
- 30.2 %
- Change 2002–2025
- +12.8 pp
- Absolute change in percentage points.
- Sweden, 2025
- 27.7 %
- Difference: +2.5 pp.
- Rank (highest share = 1)
- 37 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 Uppsala with a foreign background. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), BE0101Q2. The 2025 observation uses the CKM disclosure-control method.
Foreign background — 2002: 17.5 %; 2003: 17.7 %; 2004: 17.9 %; 2005: 18.1 %; 2006: 18.5 %; 2007: 19.0 %; 2008: 19.6 %; 2009: 20.3 %; 2010: 21.0 %; 2011: 21.4 %; 2012: 21.8 %; 2013: 22.3 %; 2014: 22.7 %; 2015: 23.4 %; 2016: 24.5 %; 2017: 25.9 %; 2018: 27.0 %; 2019: 28.0 %; 2020: 28.4 %; 2021: 29.0 %; 2022: 29.7 %; 2023: 29.9 %; 2024: 30.2 %; 2025: 30.2 %
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
- Uppsala
- Unit
- %
- Retrieved/verified
- 2026-10-11
- Open the original source and find the same table or report.
- Select the same period, geography and unit as above.
- Compare the definition — for own calculations, recompute with the formula.
Country/region of birth (2024)
Residents by region of birth, 2024. This block uses 2024 data and may differ in year from the introduction above. Foreign-born are persons born outside Sweden. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), FolkmRegFlandK.
Country of birth
2024
Foreign-born residents
57,747 people
23.3% of the population · 2024
Foreign-born = born outside Sweden (narrower than "foreign background").
Born in Sweden76.7 %(190,269)
Nordics excluding Sweden1.6 %(3,953)
Other Europe6.3 %(15,575)
Outside Europe15.4 %(38,219)
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)
- 29.6 %
- Received, 5 years
- 1,812
- 7.3 / 1000 (national 7.0)
- Vulnerable areas
- 1
- Swedish Police 2025
- Scenario / resident / yrAnalysis/model
- −108 kr
- Range −77 kr → −137 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
- GottsundaVulnerable area
Swedish Police Authority · Situational report on vulnerable areas 2025.
Compare Uppsala with other municipalities
Uppsala is preselected. Add up to 5 other municipalities — or use the shortcuts for the top/bottom 5.
- Uppsala30.2 %
Uppsala — 2002: 17.5 %; 2003: 17.7 %; 2004: 17.9 %; 2005: 18.1 %; 2006: 18.5 %; 2007: 19.0 %; 2008: 19.6 %; 2009: 20.3 %; 2010: 21.0 %; 2011: 21.4 %; 2012: 21.8 %; 2013: 22.3 %; 2014: 22.7 %; 2015: 23.4 %; 2016: 24.5 %; 2017: 25.9 %; 2018: 27.0 %; 2019: 28.0 %; 2020: 28.4 %; 2021: 29.0 %; 2022: 29.7 %; 2023: 29.9 %; 2024: 30.2 %; 2025: 30.2 %
Max 6 municipalities. Source: SCB BE0101Q2 (UtlSvBakgGrov). · Uppsala
Uppsala vs nearby municipalities
Nearest municipalities (distance between municipal centre points) and municipalities in the same county with a similar share, plus county and national averages. Not all share a border with the municipality.
Uppsala
- Share 2025
- 30.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.8 pp
- Immigration page
Sweden
- Share 2025
- 27.7 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +5.5 pp
- Immigration page
Uppsala län
- Share 2025
- 26.3 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.5 pp
- Immigration page
Håbo
- Share 2025
- 24.2 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +6.1 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Håbo
Enköping
- Share 2025
- 23.4 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +7.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Enköping
Knivsta
- Share 2025
- 23.0 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +9.0 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Knivsta
Heby
- Share 2025
- 16.9 %
- Δ 2015→2025
- +4.4 pp
- Immigration page
- Immigration in Heby
| Municipality | Share 2025 | Δ 2015→2025 | Immigration page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sigtuna | 52.5 % | +12.9 pp | Immigration in Sigtuna |
| Uppsala | 30.2 % | +6.8 pp | |
| Sweden | 27.7 % | +5.5 pp | |
| Uppsala län | 26.3 % | +6.5 pp | |
| Håbo | 24.2 % | +6.1 pp | Immigration in Håbo |
| Enköping | 23.4 % | +7.0 pp | Immigration in Enköping |
| Knivsta | 23.0 % | +9.0 pp | Immigration in Knivsta |
| Heby | 16.9 % | +4.4 pp | Immigration in Heby |
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
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten- Turnout
- 85.00 %
- Seats
- 81
- Valid votes
- 165,752
- Blank votes
- 2,008
| Party | Share | vs 2022 | Votes | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.15 % | – | 43,342 | 21 | |
| 18.98 % | – | 31,457 | 16 | |
| 13.25 % | – | 21,958 | 11 | |
| 9.40 % | – | 15,576 | 8 | |
| 9.21 % | – | 15,266 | 8 | |
| 7.99 % | – | 13,238 | 7 | |
| 6.67 % | – | 11,060 | 5 | |
| 3.43 % | – | 5,680 | 3 | |
| 2.47 % | – | 4,093 | 2 | |
| Other parties (29) | 2.46 % | – | 4,082 | – |
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 Uppsala (2014–2022)
Everything about Uppsala
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Open Uppsala municipality in figures →Frequently asked questions
›What share of the population in Uppsala has a foreign background?
In 2025, 30.2 % of the population in Uppsala had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2) — 2.5 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 Uppsala have a foreign background?
75,522 residents of Uppsala 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 Uppsala changed since 2002?
The share has risen from 17.5 % (2002) to 30.2 % (2025), a change of +12.8 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 Uppsala 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