STOCKHOLM, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) --- The Swedish population, which stands at 9,996,419 on Saturday night, is set to hit 10 million on Jan. 20, according to projections from Statistics Sweden.
Earlier forecasts showed that the population would hit 10 million around mid-February 2017, but now it looks like it will happen earlier since the population grew faster than expected last month.
A spike in immigration to Sweden is the main contributing factor to the growing population, Tomas Johansson of Statistics Sweden told Swedish Radio.
"Since the post-war era, immigration has become an important factor in the population growth," said Johansson.
Johansson also said that Sweden's population is growing fast among EU member states.
According to Statistics Sweden, the Swedish population stood at 2 million in 1,767, 5 million in 1,897, 7 million in 1,950 and 9 million in 2004.
