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Over 15% of the Swedish population was born outside of the country. The largest groups are from Irak, Poland, Afghanistan, Somalia, China and Iran. There are al
by mediascreen 14y ago
Over 15% of the Swedish population was born outside of the country. The largest groups are from Irak, Poland, Afghanistan, Somalia, China and Iran. There are also large groups of second generation immigrants with parents from Chile, Greece and Italy. Not everybody is blonde and blue eyed...
- devdas 14y agoThat's mostly white people then? You'll get diversity when there isn't a single majority group. Put all of Europe together (including western and eastern), that would be reasonably diverse.
- mediascreen 14y agoYes, just like in the USA, the large majority is white (72% for USA, Sweden doesn't measure ethnicity). And Sweden has more foreign born inhabitants than the US (12.4% for US and 15% for Sweden). So, just dismissing comparisons with the Scandinavian countries based on homogeneity of population might be hasty.