Editing Malmö (section)

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Immigrant population by country of birth (2024)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101E/FolkmRegFlandK/ | title=Folkmängden efter region, födelseland och kön. År 2000 - 2024 | access-date=20 April 2025 | archive-date=6 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006012016/https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101E/FolkmRegFlandK/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! Country || Population
|-
|Foreign-born || style="text-align:right;"|131,764 (36%)
|-
|{{flagu|Iraq}} || style="text-align:right;"|11,600
|-
|{{flagu|Syria}} || style="text-align:right;"|9,407
|-
|{{flagu|Denmark}} || style="text-align:right;"|7,919
|-
|{{flagu|Yugoslavia}} || style="text-align:right;"|6,894
|-
|{{flagu|Poland}} || style="text-align:right;"|6,459
|-
|{{flagu|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || style="text-align:right;"|6,268
|-
|{{flagu|Afghanistan}} || style="text-align:right;"|5,591
|-
|{{flagu|Lebanon}} || style="text-align:right;"|4,638
|-
|{{flagu|Iran}} || style="text-align:right;"|4,467
|-
|{{flagu|Pakistan}} || style="text-align:right;"|3,924
|-
|{{flagu|Turkey}} || style="text-align:right;"|2,993
|-
|{{flagu|Romania}} || style="text-align:right;"|2,642
|-
|{{flagu|India}} || style="text-align:right;"|2,635
|-
|{{flagu|Somalia}} || style="text-align:right;"|2,542
|-
|{{flagu|Germany}} || style="text-align:right;"|2,359
|-
|{{flagu|North Macedonia}} || style="text-align:right;"|2,062
|-
|{{flagu|Vietnam}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,985
|-
|{{flagu|United Kingdom}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,685
|-
|{{flagu|Serbia}} || style="text-align:right;" |1,652
|-
|{{flagu|Hungary}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,509
|-
|{{flagu|United States}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,484
|-
|{{flagu|Finland}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,363
|-
|{{flagu|Thailand}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,352
|-
|{{flagu|China}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,351
|-
|{{flagu|Chile}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,318
|-
|{{flagu|Italy}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,280
|-
|{{flagu|Croatia}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,256
|-
|{{flagu|Ukraine}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,241
|-
|{{flagu|Russia}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,283
|-
|{{flagu|Kosovo}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,142
|-
|{{flagu|Greece}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,054
|-
|{{flagu|Morocco}} || style="text-align:right;"|1,016
|}
[[File:Malmö population pyramid in 2022.svg|thumb|Malmö Municipality population pyramid in 2022]]{{Historical populations|1810|10202|1820|12153|1830|14884|1840|17370|1850|21079|1860|27185|1870|34395|1880|48206|1890|61126|1900|81401|1910|106831|1920|124304|1930|139334|1940|162002|1950|198856|1960|234453|1970|265505|1980|233803|1990|233887|2000|259579|2010|298963|2020|347949|cols=1|source=<ref>{{cite web |title=Folkmängd 1810-1990
|trans-title=Population 1810-1990|url=http://rystad.ddb.umu.se:8080/FolkNet/index.jsp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population by region, marital status, age and sex. Year 1968 - 2024
|url=https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/BefolkningNy/|publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]]}}</ref>{{efn|Population numbers are for current borders, including the now-annexed settlements of Bunkeflo, Fosie, Glostorp, Husie, Limhamn, Lockarp, Oxie, Södra Sallerup, Tygelsjö, Västra Klagstorp and Västra Skrävlinge.}}}}Malmö has a young population by Swedish standards, with almost half of the population under the age of 35 (48.2%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population by region, marital status, age and sex. Year 1968 - 2019 |url=http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/BefolkningNy/ |access-date=8 April 2020 |website=Statistikdatabasen |archive-date=19 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419165743/http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/BefolkningNy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

After 1971, Malmö had 265,000 inhabitants, but the population then dropped to 229,000 by 1985.<ref>[[Nationalencyklopedin]], Article ''Malmö''</ref> It then began to rise again, and had passed the previous record by the 1 January 2003 census, when it had 265,481 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Befolkningsprognos för Malmö |trans-title=Population forecast for Malmö |url=http://www.malmo.se/faktaommalmopolitik/statistik/01befolkning/befolkningsprognosformalmo.4.33aee30d103b8f15916800028318.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928002025/http://www.malmo.se/faktaommalmopolitik/statistik/01befolkning/befolkningsprognosformalmo.4.33aee30d103b8f15916800028318.html |archive-date=28 September 2007 |access-date=29 December 2007 |publisher=Malmö Stad |language=sv}}</ref> The total population of the urban area was 280,415 in December 2010. On 27 April 2011, the population of Malmö reached the 300,000 mark.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 April 2011 |title=Nu är vi över 300 000 |trans-title=We are now more than 300,000 |work=[[Sydsvenskan]] |url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/article1452296/Nu-ar-vi-over-300-000.html |url-status=dead |access-date=1 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430104850/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/article1452296/Nu-ar-vi-over-300-000.html |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref> In 2017 the total population of the city was 316,588 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 338,230.<ref name="scb2018">{{cite web |website=www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se |title=Landareal Tatort |url=http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__MI__MI0810__MI0810A/LandarealTatort/?rxid=546e87f6-5dc3-4535-994e-b301c2515080}} {{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Malmö is a diverse city with inhabitants from 179 different nationalities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malmo.se/Fakta-och-statistik/Befolkning.html|title=Befolkning|lang=sv|publisher=[[Malmö stad]]|year=2025|access-date=20 April 2025}}</ref> In 2019, approximately 55.5%, up from 17% in 1986,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=Tessa |date=2014-08-01 |title=Malmo: A city in transition |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275114000146 |journal=Cities |volume=39 |pages=10–20 |doi=10.1016/j.cities.2014.01.005 |issn=0264-2751}}</ref> of the population of Malmö municipality (190,849 residents) had at least one parent born abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Number of persons with foreign or Swedish background (detailed division) by region, age and sex. Year 2002–2018 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101Q/UtlSvBakgFin/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=86abd797-7854-4564-9150-c9b06ae3ab07c9b06ae3ab07 |website=www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se}}</ref> The statistics from 2020 show that 120,517 are foreign born, 43,740 are born in Sweden and have two foreign parents, 30,878 are born in Sweden with one Swedish parent and one foreign parent and 152,813 are born with two Swedish parents. The [[Middle East]], [[Horn of Africa]], former Yugoslavia and [[Denmark]] are the main sources of immigration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistik om Malmö |url=http://www.ssd.scb.se/databaser/makro/SubTable.asp?yp=bergman&xu=scb&omradekod=BE&huvudtabell=UtlSvBakgTot&omradetext=Befolkning&tabelltext=Antal+personer+med+utl%E4ndsk+eller+svensk+bakgrund+efter+region%2C+civilst%E5nd%2C+%E5lder+och+k%F6n%2E+%C5r&preskat=O&prodid=BE0101&starttid=2002&stopptid=2006&Fromwhere=M&lang=1&langdb=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305151903/http://www.ssd.scb.se/databaser/makro/SubTable.asp?yp=bergman&xu=scb&omradekod=BE&huvudtabell=UtlSvBakgTot&omradetext=Befolkning&tabelltext=Antal+personer+med+utl%E4ndsk+eller+svensk+bakgrund+efter+region%2C+civilst%E5nd%2C+%E5lder+och+k%F6n%2E+%C5r&preskat=O&prodid=BE0101&starttid=2002&stopptid=2006&Fromwhere=M&lang=1&langdb=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2014 |website=ssd.scb.se |id=Search data for Malmö through the search bar.}}</ref><ref name="malmo.se">{{Cite web |author=Necmi Incegül |title=Statistik om Malmö - Malmö stad |url=http://www.malmo.se/Kommun--politik/Om-oss/Statistik-om-Malmo.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412100342/http://www.malmo.se/Kommun--politik/Om-oss/Statistik-om-Malmo.html |archive-date=12 April 2010 |access-date=15 September 2011 |website=Malmo.se}}</ref>

[[Greater Malmö]] is one of Sweden's three officially recognized metropolitan areas (''storstadsområden'') and since 2005 is defined as the municipality of Malmö and 11 other municipalities in the southwestern corner of Skåne County.<ref name="SCBMetrArea">{{Cite web|website= www.scb.se|title=Definitions of Metropolitan Areas in Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/Grupp/regionalt/rg0104/Storstadsomr.xls |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230171817/http://www.scb.se/Grupp/regionalt/rg0104/Storstadsomr.xls |archive-date=30 December 2006 |access-date=12 October 2008}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, its population was recorded as 780,035.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population by region, marital status, age and sex. Year 1968 - 2024 |url=http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/BefolkningNy/ |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Statistikdatabasen |archive-date=19 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419165743/http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/BefolkningNy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The region covers an area of {{convert|2522|km²}}.<ref name="SCBMunArea" /> The municipalities included, apart from Malmö, are [[Burlöv Municipality|Burlöv]], [[Eslöv Municipality|Eslöv]], [[Höör Municipality|Höör]], [[Kävlinge Municipality|Kävlinge]], [[Lomma Municipality|Lomma]], [[Lund Municipality|Lund]], [[Skurup Municipality|Skurup]], [[Staffanstorp Municipality|Staffanstorp]], [[Svedala Municipality|Svedala]], [[Trelleborg Municipality|Trelleborg]] and [[Vellinge Municipality|Vellinge]]. Together with Lund, Malmö is the region's economic and education hub.

===Religion===
The largest religion in Malmö is Christianity and the [[Church of Sweden]] has the largest membership base, with a total of 125,697 in 2019, corresponding to 36% of its population.<ref name="Årsredovisning">{{Cite web |title=Årsredovisning 2019 |website=Svenska Kyrkan Malmö |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/malmo/om-svenska-kyrkan-malmo/arsredovisning-2019 |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517225037/https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/malmo/om-svenska-kyrkan-malmo/arsredovisning-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
There exist several [[Catholic]] communities in Malmö,  one being the [[Church of Our Saviour, Malmö]] with 7,500 members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vår Frälsares församling |trans-title=Church of Our Saviour |url=https://www.katolskakyrkan.se/hitta-din-narmaste-kyrka-eller-forsamling/var-fralsare-malmo |access-date=13 June 2021 |website=Vår Frälsare, Malmö |language=sv |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613083135/https://www.katolskakyrkan.se/hitta-din-narmaste-kyrka-eller-forsamling/var-fralsare-malmo |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Islam]] is the second-largest religion, making up approximately {{fraction|1|3}} of the city's population.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tercatin |first=Rossella |date=2019 |title=Challenging Swedish city of Malmo honors Jewish-Muslim organization |url=https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Challenging-Swedish-city-of-Malmo-honors-Jewish-Muslim-organization-612088}}</ref><ref name="Sydsvenskan Muslim holidays">{{cite news|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2024-04-19/var-tredje-malmoelev-borta-under-muslimska-firandet/|first=Inas|last=Hamdan|title=Var tredje Malmöelev borta under muslimska firandet|trans-title=One in three Malmö school children absent during the Muslim holidays|language=sv|work=Sydsvenskan|date=19 April 2024|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>{{bsn|date=January 2025}} [[Malmö Mosque]] was opened in 1984 and is managed by the Islamic Center.<ref name="Islamic Center">{{cite web |title=Historik – tiden, platsen, tanken och framtiden |url=https://www.mosken.se/historik |website=Islamic Centre |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517013417/https://www.mosken.se/historik |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Mahmood Mosque (Malmö)|Mahmood Mosque]] opened in 2016, and serves the [[Ahmadiyya]] community.<ref name="Lembke 2017">{{cite web |last=Lembke |first=Judi |title=The Most Stunning Mosques In Sweden |url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/the-most-stunning-mosques-in-sweden |website=Culture Trip |language=en |date=23 December 2017 |access-date=15 June 2024 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615183922/https://theculturetrip.com/europe/sweden/articles/the-most-stunning-mosques-in-sweden |url-status=live }}</ref>

Malmö has one synagogue, [[Malmö Synagogue]], and two congregations: one [[orthodox Jew|orthodox]] and one egalitarian.<ref name="JFM comm">{{Cite web|title=Welcome to our community|website=Judiska Församlingen Malmö [Jewish Community of Malmö]|url=https://www.jfm.se/the-jewish-community-of-malmo/|language=en|access-date=12 February 2022|archive-date=14 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214141707/https://www.jfm.se/the-jewish-community-of-malmo/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Jewish community has a membership of 500.<ref name="JFM history">{{Cite web|title=Vår historia|trans-title=Our history|website=Judiska Församlingen Malmö|url=https://www.jfm.se/om-judiska-forsamlingen/var-historia/|access-date=12 June 2021|archive-date=19 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619143250/https://www.jfm.se/om-judiska-forsamlingen/var-historia/|url-status=live}}</ref>