Statistics Sweden

Section for population statistics

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Sweden

Total usual residence population for the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council.

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Total usually resident population at national level.

The total usually resident population figure is estimated in accordance with the definitions of 'usually resident population' and 'usual residence' in Article 2 of Regulation 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

The Swedish official population statistics is based on the Total Population Register, which includes all registered persons in the country. Reference date is 31 December 2021. All persons who are authorized to and intend to stay in the country for at least 12 months shall register. All persons who intend to stay abroad for at least 12 months shall deregister. The Tax Agency is the authority responsible for the administrative register. Almost all public services utilize the administrative register and there is a strong incentive for persons to keep the information updated in order to get information, social benefits, and other types of public services. The administrative register is updated based on information from authorities, healthcare professionals, individual persons, etc.

The Total Population Register is the base when estimating the total usual resident population. The estimation is done by adjusting the population in the Total Population Register for over- and undercoverage and adding the population of asylum seekers, applicants under the Temporary Protection Directive and undocumented migrants. For more information see the Annex File.

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Data are available at national level of geographical detail.

The first Swedish estimation of the total usual resident population refers to 31 December 2014.

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The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).

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The estimation of the total usually resident population is not published by Statistics Sweden.

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Annual.

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Please see the information in the Annex File. 

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An annual quality assessment of the Total Population Register is carried out together with external quality experts. The results from the assessment provide input to quality improvements. The latest quality description (in Swedish) refers to 2021.

Data requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.

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Data transmitted as requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.

No assessment of the quality of the estimation of the total usual resident population has been carried out. The Total Population Register is the base when estimating the total usual resident population and the overall accuracy of the register is described below.

Data from the Total Population Register have generally good quality. Since population registration data are widely used in society, the chance of finding errors in the data and correcting them increase. Some government agencies are required by ordinance to report errors in the population register. In addition, the birth certificate issued by the Swedish Tax Agency can be seen as an important check on the accuracy of data. The individual submits a request for a birth certificate, which shows the data contained in the population register. A birth certificate is required, for example, when acquiring identity cards, applying for Swedish citizenship or applying for divorce.

Data from the population register that are seldom used in society are likely to have slightly lower accuracy than variables frequently used by many government authorities. This applies to data on adopted persons, for example. Please see 11.1 Quality Assurance for a quality description of the Total Population Register.

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For the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the total population at national level at the reference time, in accordance with Article 2 ( c ), within eight months of the end of the reference year.

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The total usually resident population transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in National Accounts, Labour Force Survey or in the survey on Income and Living Conditions. The difference is given by the population coverage (see metadata specific to each domain).

The total usually resident population transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in the rest of the Demographic domain. The difference is given by the population definition (see metadata specific to each domain).

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The Total Population Register, the Income and Taxation Register, STATIV (a database for integration studies), Register of asylum seekers and data at the Swedish Police authority.

The registers are updated continuously and/or annually.

The Total Population Register is the base when estimating the total usual resident population. The Tax Agency is the authority responsible for the administrative register. Almost all public services utilize the administrative register and there is an incentive for individuals to keep the information updated in order to get information, social benefits, and other types of public services. The administrative register is updated based on information from authorities, healthcare professionals, individual persons, etc.

The validation of the statistical Total Population Register includes controls as:

• valid values
• logical controls

The administrative register is also validated at the Tax Agency.

The Total Population Register is the base when estimating the total usual resident population. Some coding is done for variables as sex and age. The unique personal identification number (PIN) is used in the coding.

The Total Population Register is the base when estimating the total usual resident population. The estimation is done by adjusting the population in the Total Population Register for over- and undercoverage and adding the population of asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. For more information see the Annex File.

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