During the year 2021, 469,704 people were registered in Östergötland.

This is an increase of 2,546 people, compared with the previous year.

- What makes the population in Östergötland increase compared to the year before is above all the influx.

15,644 people moved there last year, while 14,065 moved from there, says Tomas Johansson, population statistician at Statistics Sweden.

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An increase in the population can also be seen on Gotland.

According to Statistics Sweden's statistics, there are currently 61,001 registered Gotlanders on the island.

That is an increase of 877, compared to 2020. 

Above all, we see a larger influx than expected in the group 19-24 years, a group that in 2020 did not increase to the extent we then thought.

One probable reason is that the distance studies for this group ceased in 2021 and that during the year we thus got students to the island for both 2020 and 2021, says Göran Skoghage, group controller at Region Gotland.

In all of Sweden, we are, according to the latest population statistics, 10,452,326 inhabitants.