Swedes
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 13 million[a] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sweden c. 8 million
Other significant population centers: | |
| Swedish citizens abroad | c. 546,000[c] |
| Swedish diaspora | c. 4.5–5 million |
| United States | 4,347,703 (2013; ancestry) 29,000 (Swedish citizens) |
| Canada | 341,845 (2011; ancestry 26,000 (sole ancestry) |
| Finland | c. 290,000 (2008)[d] |
| United Kingdom | 100,000 |
| Norway | 36,887–90,000 |
| Australia | 46,699 (2021; ancestry) |
| France | 30,000 |
| Germany | 23,000 |
| Spain | 20,385 |
| Denmark | 16,620 |
| Thailand | 15,000 |
| Portugal | 8,000 |
| Russia | 7,400 |
| Switzerland | 6,800 |
| Belgium | 4,600 |
| Netherlands | 4,000 |
| Italy | 3,233 |
| Poland | 2,560 |
| Turkey | 2,500 |
| Greece | 2,300 |
| Austria | 2,000 |
| Ireland | 1,800 |
| Japan | 1,775 |
| South Korea | 1,420 |
| Luxembourg | 1,600 |
| New Zealand | 1,911 (2018; ancestry)
Swedish minorities with a longer history |
| Estonia | 811 (2021) |
| Ukraine | c. 200 (2022) |
| Languages | |
| Swedish | |
| Religion | |
| Primarily Lutheran Christianity (Church of Sweden) For further details, see Religion in Sweden | |
^a The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations who claim Swedish ancestry worldwide and as such might be misleading or exaggerated. ^b This figure overlaps with those listed under diaspora as most Swedish citizens have emigrated to those countries listed lower in the infobox. ^c
The Swedish-speaking Finns or Finland-Swedes form a minority group in Finland. The characteristic of this minority is debated: while some see it as an ethnic group of its own some view it purely as a linguistic minority. The group includes about 285,360 people, comprising 4.9% of the population of mainland Finland, or 5% if the 26,000 inhabitants of Åland are included (there are also about 60,000 Swedish-speaking Finns currently resident in Sweden). It has been presented that the ethnic group can also be perceived as a distinct Swedish-speaking nationality in Finland. There are also 9,000 Swedish citizens living in Finland.
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Swedes (Swedish: svenskar), or Swedish people, are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, in particular, neighboring Finland, where they are an officially recognized minority,[d] with Swedish being one of the official languages of the country, and with a substantial diaspora in other countries, especially the United States.