Chinese people in Sweden
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 30,400 (including Taiwan and Hong Kong-born residents) (0.3% of country's population) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Stockholm, Gothenburg | |
| Languages | |
| Numerous varieties of Chinese (predominantly Mandarin and Cantonese), Swedish | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Overseas Chinese |
Chinese people in Sweden include people born in the People's Republic of China, or have ancestry from there. It may also include people originating from Taiwan and Hong Kong. They form a sizable community and are on the biggest Asian groups. As of 2015, there are 28,410 mainland Chinese immigrants in Sweden, and 1,409 from Taiwan and 581 from Hong Kong. [1] The figure may even be higher as most of Vietnamese that fled to Sweden during the Vietnam War are ethnic Chinese.
Demographics
25% of Sweden's international university students come from China.[2]
References
- ↑ "Foreign-born persons in Sweden by country of birth, age and sex. Year 2000 - 2015". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Sweden's international student numbers up for the first time since 2011". ICEF Monitor. December 22, 2015.
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