What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Oman and Sweden?

11,210 immigrants, with Oman ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and Sweden?

8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Oman vs Sweden: Total number of international immigrants

Oman

2.28 million immigrants

in 2024

Sweden

2.27 million immigrants

in 2024

Oman rank

34th

Sweden rank

35th

Total number of international immigrants over time

Oman
Sweden

How they compare

Oman currently reports 2.28 million immigrants against 2.27 million immigrants in Sweden, a difference of 11,210 immigrants.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.

Oman ranks 34th and Sweden ranks 35th of 232 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Oman	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1990s	532,712 immigrants	864,542 immigrants	331,831 immigrants	Sweden
2000s	579,588 immigrants	1.07 million immigrants	494,977 immigrants	Sweden
2010s	1.32 million immigrants	1.51 million immigrants	189,456 immigrants	Sweden
2020s	2.02 million immigrants	2.15 million immigrants	128,275 immigrants	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total number of international immigrants, Oman or Sweden?: Oman, at 2.28 million immigrants against 2.27 million immigrants in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Oman and Sweden?: 11,210 immigrants, with Oman ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Oman and Sweden?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Oman and Sweden rank globally for total number of international immigrants?: Oman ranks 34th and Sweden ranks 35th of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Total number of international immigrants
Unit: immigrants
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 1,856 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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