Editing Botkyrka Municipality (section)

===Residents with a foreign background ===
Botkyrka, particularly [[Northern Botkyrka]], has one of the highest percentages of first and second generation [[immigrant]]s in Sweden. 56.4% of the population has at least one parent born in another country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://botkyrka.se/kommunochpolitik/ombotkyrka/kommunfakta/botkyrkaisiffrorstatistik |title=Botkyrka i siffror - Botkyrka kommun |access-date=2016-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822063333/http://www.botkyrka.se/kommunochpolitik/ombotkyrka/kommunfakta/botkyrkaisiffrorstatistik |archive-date=2016-08-22 }} - Area statistics for Botkyrka</ref> This makes the municipality a multi-cultural community with for example a big [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] in [[Hallunda]] and a [[mosque]] in [[Fittja]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

In 2017, Botkyrka was one of three municipalities in Sweden with a population majority of foreign background.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/befolkning/befolkningens-sammansattning/befolkningsstatistik/pong/statistiknyhet/folkmangd-och-befolkningsforandringar-20172/|title=Nya svenska medborgare från drygt 160 länder|website=Statistiska Centralbyrån|language=sv|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref> On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a [[:sv:utländsk bakgrund|foreign background]] (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 53,827, or 58.56% of the population (91,925 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 35,384, or 47.04% of the population (75,216 on 31 December 2002).<ref>[http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101Q/UtlSvBakgFin/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=f165c7bd-1b57-4020-b2b2-b0cac2a094a4 Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år] (Read 4 januari 2019)</ref> On 31 December 2017 there were 91,925 residents in Botkyrka, of which 38,130 people (41.48%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below – the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by [[Statistics Sweden]].<ref name="Scbfödelseland">[https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/befolkning/befolkningens-sammansattning/befolkningsstatistik/pong/tabell-och-diagram/helarsstatistik--kommun-lan-och-riket/utrikes-fodda-efter-lan-kommun-och-fodelseland-31-december/ Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017] (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" 
! colspan=3|  Country of birth<ref name="Scbfödelseland"/>
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| colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |  ''31 December 2017''
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| 1 || {{Flagcountry|Sweden}} || align=right | {{nts|53795}}
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| 2 || [[Asia]]: Other countries || align=right | {{nts|5520}}
|-
| 3 || {{Flagcountry|Turkey}} || align=right | {{nts|4710}}
|-
| 4 || [[Africa]]: Other countries || align=right | {{nts|3983}}
|-
| 5 || {{Flagcountry|Iraq}} || align=right | {{nts|3503}}
|-
| 6 || {{Flagcountry|European Union}}: Other countries || align=right | {{nts|3271}}
|-
| 7 || {{Flagcountry|Poland}} || align=right | {{nts|2938}}
|-
| 8 || {{Flagcountry|Finland}} || align=right | {{nts|2667}}
|-
| 9 || {{Flagcountry|Syria}} || align=right | {{nts|2510}}
|-
| 10 || [[South America]] || align=right | {{nts|2138}}
|-
| 11 || {{Flagcountry|Europe}} outside of the EU: other countries || align=right | {{nts|1784}}
|-
| 12 || {{Flagcountry|Yugoslavia}}/{{Flagcountry|Yugoslavia|federation}}<br>[[SFR Yugoslavia]]/{{Flagcountry|Serbia and Montenegro}} || align=right | {{nts|931}}
|-
| 13 || {{Flagcountry|Afghanistan}} || align=right | {{nts|674}}
|-
| 14 || {{Flagcountry|Iran}} || align=right | {{nts|644}}
|-
| 15 || {{Flagcountry|Eritrea}} || align=right | {{nts|534}}
|-
| 16 || [[North America]] || align=right | {{nts|468}}
|-
| 17 || {{Flagcountry|Germany}} || align=right | {{nts|395}}
|-
| 18 || {{Flagcountry|Thailand}} || align=right | {{nts|395}}
|-
| 19 || {{Flagcountry|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || align=right | {{nts|375}}
|-
| 20 || {{Flagcountry|Somalia}} || align=right | {{nts|199}}
|-
| 21 || {{Flagcountry|Norway}} || align=right | {{nts|198}}
|-
| 22 || {{Flagcountry|Denmark}} || align=right | {{nts|124}}
|-
| 23 || {{Flagcountry|USSR}}|| align=right | {{nts|92}}
|-
| 24 || [[Oceania]] || align=right | {{nts|38}}
|-
| 25 || {{Flagcountry|Iceland}} || align=right | {{nts|22}}
|-
| 26 || Unknown country of birth || align=right | {{nts|17}}
|}