Due to immigration, from 2000 to 2020, Sweden's Asian-born population grew by 577,651.
[2] Many immigrants to Sweden are from Asia, with Syria and Iraq being the largest countries of Asian origin.
From 1985 to 1995, almost 40,000 Iranians immigrated to Sweden after the Iranian Revolution, and during this same time, about 15,000 Lebanese immigrants came to Sweden due to conflict in their homeland.
Since the 1990s, Iraqis have been one of the largest Asian immigrant groups, with almost 70,000 people.
Of these individuals, the most common countries of birth are China (3,977), South Korea (1,735), Colombia (1,438), Vietnam (1,241), and India (1,017).