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For any question on data and metadata, please contact: Eurostat user support |
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1.1. Contact organisation | Statistics Sweden |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Section for population statistics |
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1.5. Contact mail address | SCB |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 19/03/2024 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 19/03/2024 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 19/03/2024 |
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3.1. Data description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Population Statistics Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations. This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports. |
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3.2. Classification system | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The regional breakdown of the Member States in the regional demographic tables is done under the most recent NUTS classification. There are agreements between Eurostat and Candidate countries as well as between Eurostat and EFTA countries, for which statistical regions have been coded in a way that resembles NUTS. For more information on the versions in force, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/. |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The statistics refers to the registered population. Which is the population, that according to national legislation on population registration, is registered at the Swedish Tax Agency. Persons from Ukraine who are granted temporary protection are not registered in the national population register and therefore not included in the statistics.
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3.5. Statistical unit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of persons. |
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3.6. Statistical population | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3.7. Reference area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Population, live births and deaths data are available at national and regional level of geographical detail. |
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3.8. Coverage - Time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most data are available and computerized from 1968 or 1969. |
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3.9. Base period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Data is collected at unit (person) level. |
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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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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |||
Statistics Sweden's operations are governed by its directive, laws and ordinances, as well as the annual appropriation directions. Statistics Sweden's directive Laws and ordinances |
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |||
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
For confidentiality regarding the authority's specific task for the production of statistics, Chapter 24 Section 8 of the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (2009:400) applies. Within the area of statistics, there are also specific rules on the handling of personal data in the Official Statistics Act (2001:99), the Official Statistics Ordinance (2001:100) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Annual statistics on demography and vital events are published in February and March every year. Statistics refering to the year 2022 was published on 22 February 2023 and 22 March 2023. |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/publishing-calendar/ |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
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Statistics on demography and vital events are published monthly, quarterly, semiannually and annually. |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first and second annual press release (in Swedish) on demography statistics for reference year 2022: Short versions in English: |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No printed publications. All statistics are published at Statistics Sweden's web page: https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subject-area/population/population-composition/population-statistics/. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics published in the Statistical Database: http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/?rxid=1ccd5200-9a2d-4a9b-8821-2d7f32ff3038. |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detailed documentation (in Swedish) can be found here: https://www.scb.se/contentassets/9299bfcd87ba4c828a8d46b4db49d67a/be0101_kd_2022_ap_220308.pdf. |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detailed documentation (in Swedish) can be found here: https://www.scb.se/contentassets/9299bfcd87ba4c828a8d46b4db49d67a/be0101_kd_2022_ap_220308.pdf. |
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11.1. Quality assurance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The majority of statistics on demography and vital events are based on data from the Total Population Register. See attached document for a quality description of the Total Population Register. Latest English version refers to reference year 2016. Annexes: Quality description of the Total Population Register |
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The statistics refers to the registered population. Which is the population, that according to national legislation on population registration, is registered at the Swedish Tax Agency. Persons from Ukraine who are granted temporary protection are not registered in the national population register. Only immigrants that are allowed to register can be classified as immigrants.
Persons emigrating to Norway or Denmark have a threshold of 6 months. In all other cases the 12 months criteria is applied. |
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | |||
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | |||
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12.3. Completeness | |||
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Population statistics The majority of statistics on demography and vital events are based on data from the Total Population Register. The register includes all registered persons in Sweden. The registration is based on twelve months criteria, i.e. a person who has the right to stay in the country for at least twelve months shall register. There are strong incentives to register. All the above categories refers to statistics for registered persons. Please note that persons from Ukraine who are granted temporary protection are not registered in the national population register and therefore not included in the statistics. Asylum seekers are not registered and not included in the statistics. Persons who are granted a refugee permit are included. The registered population includes persons who are homeless, persons with disabilty etc. The registered population do not include persons who are illegaly in the country. See attached document for a quality description of the Total Population Register. Latest English version refers to reference year 2016. More information on the Total Population Register are available at scb.se (in the Swdish). --- Separate statistics on asylum seekers and persons under the Temporary Protection Directive Information on the number of asylum seekers is available at Statistics Sweden from 2002 and onwards. Earlier statistics are available on the Swedish Migration Agency's website.
Category unknown Annexes: Quality description of the Total Population Register Statistics on asylum seekers and persons under the Temporary Protection Directive |
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13.2. Sampling error | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14.1. Timeliness | |||
According to Article 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata ( In the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Article 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year. |
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14.2. Punctuality | |||
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Swedish data are fully based on registers. This can impair the comparability of data based on other sources, for example surveys. The Swedish statistics on demography and vital events are fully comparable between different geographical areas in Sweden. |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The majority of data are available and computerized from 1968 or 1969. The comparability over time is good. |
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The statistics on demography and vital events are coherent with other statistics based on the same source; the Total Population Register.
In comparisons between International Migration Statistics (IM) and Residence Permits Statistics (RP) flow statistics please note that: IM figure refers to immigrants who are allowed to stay in Sweden and has the intention of staying at least 12 months. These persons are registered. RP figure refers to residence permits given to persons with citizenship of “non-EU countries”, “Stateless” or “Unknown”. RP figure refers to residence permits longer than 3 months. IM figure refers to immigrants who has the intention to stay at least 12 months in Sweden. RP figure refers to number of residence permits, not number of persons. A person may have been granted more than one residence permit. RP figure include granted residence permits given to persons who never immigrate to Sweden. RP figure only refers to “first permits”, defined according to Eurostat guidelines. RP figure also include residence permits that for some reason is withdrawn after being granted.
In compairisons between International Migration Statistics (IM) and Residence Permits Statistics (RP) stock statistics please note that: IM figure refers to persons who has their usual residence in Sweden. RP figure does not include immigrants that has been granted with a Swedish citizenship. RP figures includes residence permits given to persons who need to apply for a residence permit. A person with for example Swedish, Nordic or EU citizenship do not need to apply for a residence permit and is not included. RP figure refers to residence permits longer than 3 months. Compared to IM figure with 12 months criteria. RP figure refers to “all” residence permits and not only “first permits”. RP figures also include granted residence permits given to persons that never immigrate to Sweden. RP figure refers to number of residence permits, not number of persons. A person may have been granted more than one residence permit. RP figure also include residence permits that for some reason is withdrawn after being granted. |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Total Population Register is the source for the majority of the variables and the variables are to a large extent coherent. |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | |||
In general a figure will be revised if an error is detected. |
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |||
No revisions are scheduled. |
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18.1. Source data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18.2. Frequency of data collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics Sweden receives notifications from the Tax Agency continuously. Monthly population registers, on stocks and events, are stored. |
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18.3. Data collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Total Population Register is the source of the data and the Tax Agency are 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. |
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18.4. Data validation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The validation of the statistical register includes controls as valid values and logical controls. The administrative register is also validated at the Tax Agency. |
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18.5. Data compilation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The population in the register received from the Tax Agency is considered to be the target population. Some coding is made for variables as sex and age. Which is made by using the personal identification number (PIN) of each person. |
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18.6. Adjustment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The statistical adjustment refers to vital events that happened during previous years. The events were not registered in time to be included in the annual population figure for the previous year. However, no previous annual figures are adjusted. |
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