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Belarus vs Sweden statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belarus has a population of 9.13M (ranked 100/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Belarus' land area is 78,372 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 83rd vs. 58th).

By GDP, Belarus ranks 83/197 ($76B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Belarus ranks 95/197 ($8,317), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Main facts and rankings

Belarus Sweden
Population
9074112
10654722
Population rank 101/197 93/197
GDP
$76B
2024
$610B
2024
GDP rank 83/197 25/197
GDP per capita
$8,317
2024
$57,723
2024
GDP per capita rank 95/197 15/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,006
2024
$71,030
2024
Government debt
$33.7B
2024
$199B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.9%
2025
33.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,691
2024
$18,842
2024
Government debt per person rank 94/185 32/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,343
2025
$40,075
2025
Land area
78,372 sq mi
2025
157,248 sq mi
2025
Population density
116.5 ppl/mi²
2024
67.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.21
2023
1.45
2023
Median age
42 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Belarus and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Belarus and Sweden economies compared

GDP
Belarus

Sweden
Year GDP
Belarus Sweden
1960 - $15,930,258,332
1961 - $17,329,819,494
1962 - $18,794,282,717
1963 - $20,342,365,392
1964 - $22,685,750,575
1965 - $24,964,233,891
1966 - $27,155,028,520
1967 - $29,475,219,787
1968 - $31,278,230,634
1969 - $33,967,691,454
1970 - $38,037,663,342
1971 - $41,506,627,519
1972 - $48,883,734,672
1973 - $59,319,523,962
1974 - $65,918,391,224
1975 - $82,766,182,746
1976 - $89,233,541,404
1977 - $94,332,865,494
1978 - $104,292,130,796
1979 - $123,208,942,175
1980 - $141,887,695,763
1981 - $129,500,408,224
1982 - $114,216,043,040
1983 - $104,863,313,508
1984 - $109,044,297,251
1985 - $113,959,392,485
1986 - $150,281,594,980
1987 - $182,746,413,791
1988 - $206,688,963,474
1989 - $217,634,838,449
1990 $17,389,558,233 $261,469,578,631
1991 $18,404,907,975 $273,834,608,020
1992 $16,939,790,094 $283,912,173,667
1993 $16,275,073,527 $212,647,043,708
1994 $14,931,435,232 $228,701,658,891
1995 $13,972,683,274 $267,052,836,695
1996 $14,756,846,154 $291,952,430,659
1997 $14,130,585,516 $268,251,974,486
1998 $15,221,352,699 $270,889,570,938
1999 $12,138,243,081 $274,320,415,376
2000 $12,736,780,455 $262,905,197,442
2001 $12,354,820,144 $242,499,249,693
2002 $14,594,900,945 $267,373,345,247
2003 $17,825,444,724 $334,074,051,173
2004 $23,141,566,293 $384,547,211,147
2005 $30,210,091,837 $391,690,329,314
2006 $36,961,894,281 $422,530,427,476
2007 $45,275,711,996 $490,050,156,833
2008 $60,752,106,347 $514,616,528,349
2009 $50,873,167,326 $434,313,804,907
2010 $57,231,904,543 $492,753,255,886
2011 $61,762,382,328 $570,541,353,129
2012 $65,685,890,439 $549,742,183,874
2013 $75,527,558,966 $584,128,116,410
2014 $78,813,069,121 $577,730,245,154
2015 $56,454,769,845 $501,698,263,621
2016 $47,723,545,321 $514,218,206,628
2017 $54,725,405,751 $536,083,940,229
2018 $60,031,026,576 $551,312,498,430
2019 $64,410,170,653 $532,169,294,166
2020 $61,371,673,345 $545,147,614,972
2021 $69,673,747,132 $637,186,904,844
2022 $73,775,179,925 $579,895,717,344
2023 $72,478,760,370 $585,489,968,189
2024 $75,961,865,472 $610,117,791,237

Belarus and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita
Belarus

Sweden
Year GDP per capita
Belarus Sweden
1960 - $2,128
1961 - $2,304
1962 - $2,485
1963 - $2,675
1964 - $2,961
1965 - $3,228
1966 - $3,478
1967 - $3,746
1968 - $3,953
1969 - $4,263
1970 - $4,729
1971 - $5,125
1972 - $6,018
1973 - $7,291
1974 - $8,078
1975 - $10,103
1976 - $10,853
1977 - $11,432
1978 - $12,602
1979 - $14,856
1980 - $17,073
1981 - $15,564
1982 - $13,719
1983 - $12,590
1984 - $13,080
1985 - $13,647
1986 - $17,955
1987 - $21,761
1988 - $24,499
1989 - $25,625
1990 $1,707 $30,550
1991 $1,805 $31,777
1992 $1,658 $32,754
1993 $1,590 $24,390
1994 $1,460 $26,046
1995 $1,371 $30,254
1996 $1,453 $33,023
1997 $1,397 $30,324
1998 $1,511 $30,606
1999 $1,211 $30,969
2000 $1,276 $29,633
2001 $1,244 $27,259
2002 $1,479 $29,958
2003 $1,820 $37,292
2004 $2,378 $42,758
2005 $3,126 $43,379
2006 $3,848 $46,532
2007 $4,735 $53,569
2008 $6,376 $55,817
2009 $5,352 $46,708
2010 $6,035 $52,543
2011 $6,528 $60,380
2012 $6,953 $57,750
2013 $7,998 $60,844
2014 $8,341 $59,584
2015 $5,967 $51,198
2016 $5,040 $51,820
2017 $5,786 $53,301
2018 $6,360 $54,182
2019 $6,838 $51,773
2020 $6,543 $52,654
2021 $7,490 $61,175
2022 $7,995 $55,297
2023 $7,897 $55,567
2024 $8,317 $57,723

Belarus vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belarus

Sweden
Year Life expectancy, years
Belarus Sweden
1950 58.6 71.1
1951 59.4 71.4
1952 60.5 71.8
1953 61.5 71.9
1954 62.5 72.4
1955 63.5 72.6
1956 64.5 72.7
1957 65.4 72.5
1958 66.6 73.2
1959 68 73.4
1960 69.3 73
1961 70 73.5
1962 70.5 73.4
1963 70.8 73.5
1964 71.3 73.7
1965 71.6 73.9
1966 71.8 74.1
1967 71.9 74.1
1968 71.9 74
1969 71.7 74.1
1970 71.7 74.7
1971 71.6 74.6
1972 71.8 74.7
1973 71.7 74.9
1974 71.7 75
1975 71.4 75
1976 71.2 75
1977 71.1 75.4
1978 70.9 75.5
1979 70.8 75.5
1980 70.7 75.7
1981 70.8 76
1982 70.8 76.3
1983 70.7 76.6
1984 70.8 76.8
1985 71.2 76.7
1986 71.7 77
1987 71.9 77.1
1988 71.7 77
1989 71.5 77.7
1990 71.1 77.6
1991 70.7 77.7
1992 70.1 78.1
1993 69.5 78.1
1994 69 78.7
1995 68.8 78.8
1996 68.6 79
1997 68.5 79.3
1998 68.3 79.4
1999 68.4 79.5
2000 68.5 79.7
2001 68.4 79.8
2002 68.3 79.9
2003 68.4 80.2
2004 68.7 80.5
2005 69 80.6
2006 69.4 80.8
2007 70 81
2008 70.3 81.1
2009 70.4 81.4
2010 70.5 81.5
2011 71.1 81.8
2012 71.8 81.7
2013 72.7 81.9
2014 73.2 82.2
2015 73.8 82.2
2016 74.2 82.3
2017 74.4 82.4
2018 74.3 82.5
2019 74.3 83.1
2020 72.3 82.4
2021 72.2 83
2022 74.4 83
2023 74.4 83.3
2024 74.6 83.4
2025 74.8 83.6

Belarus and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population
Belarus

Sweden
Year Population
Belarus Sweden
1960 8,198,000 7,484,656
1961 8,271,216 7,519,998
1962 8,351,928 7,561,588
1963 8,437,232 7,604,328
1964 8,524,224 7,661,354
1965 8,610,000 7,733,853
1966 8,696,496 7,807,797
1967 8,785,648 7,867,931
1968 8,874,552 7,912,273
1969 8,960,304 7,968,072
1970 9,040,000 8,042,801
1971 9,115,576 8,098,334
1972 9,188,968 8,122,300
1973 9,257,272 8,136,312
1974 9,317,584 8,159,955
1975 9,367,000 8,192,437
1976 9,411,000 8,222,286
1977 9,463,000 8,251,540
1978 9,525,000 8,275,599
1979 9,584,000 8,293,678
1980 9,643,000 8,310,531
1981 9,710,000 8,320,503
1982 9,776,000 8,325,263
1983 9,843,000 8,329,033
1984 9,910,000 8,336,605
1985 9,975,000 8,350,386
1986 10,043,000 8,369,829
1987 10,111,000 8,397,804
1988 10,140,000 8,436,489
1989 10,170,000 8,492,964
1990 10,189,348 8,558,835
1991 10,194,050 8,617,375
1992 10,216,470 8,668,067
1993 10,239,050 8,718,561
1994 10,226,955 8,780,745
1995 10,193,831 8,826,939
1996 10,159,569 8,840,998
1997 10,117,433 8,846,062
1998 10,071,963 8,850,974
1999 10,026,738 8,857,874
2000 9,979,610 8,872,109
2001 9,928,549 8,895,960
2002 9,865,548 8,924,958
2003 9,796,749 8,958,229
2004 9,730,146 8,993,531
2005 9,663,915 9,029,572
2006 9,604,924 9,080,505
2007 9,560,953 9,148,092
2008 9,527,985 9,219,637
2009 9,504,583 9,298,515
2010 9,483,836 9,378,126
2011 9,461,643 9,449,213
2012 9,446,836 9,519,374
2013 9,443,211 9,600,379
2014 9,448,515 9,696,110
2015 9,461,076 9,799,186
2016 9,469,379 9,923,085
2017 9,458,989 10,057,698
2018 9,438,785 10,175,214
2019 9,419,758 10,278,887
2020 9,379,952 10,353,442
2021 9,302,585 10,415,811
2022 9,228,071 10,486,941
2023 9,178,298 10,536,632
2024 9,133,712 10,569,709

Fertility rates in Belarus and Sweden

Fertility rate
Belarus

Sweden
Year Fertility rate
Belarus Sweden
1960 2.67 2.17
1961 2.59 2.21
1962 2.5 2.25
1963 2.4 2.33
1964 2.31 2.47
1965 2.27 2.39
1966 2.29 2.37
1967 2.26 2.28
1968 2.22 2.07
1969 2.26 1.93
1970 2.31 1.92
1971 2.31 1.96
1972 2.28 1.91
1973 2.25 1.87
1974 2.21 1.87
1975 2.17 1.77
1976 2.12 1.68
1977 2.08 1.64
1978 2.06 1.6
1979 2.05 1.66
1980 2.03 1.68
1981 2.02 1.63
1982 2.05 1.62
1983 2.11 1.61
1984 2.11 1.66
1985 2.09 1.74
1986 2.09 1.8
1987 2.03 1.84
1988 2.03 1.96
1989 2.03 2.01
1990 1.91 2.13
1991 1.81 2.11
1992 1.76 2.09
1993 1.62 1.99
1994 1.53 1.88
1995 1.41 1.73
1996 1.34 1.6
1997 1.25 1.52
1998 1.3 1.5
1999 1.31 1.5
2000 1.32 1.54
2001 1.29 1.57
2002 1.24 1.65
2003 1.23 1.71
2004 1.23 1.75
2005 1.25 1.77
2006 1.34 1.85
2007 1.43 1.88
2008 1.49 1.91
2009 1.51 1.94
2010 1.49 1.98
2011 1.52 1.9
2012 1.62 1.91
2013 1.67 1.89
2014 1.7 1.88
2015 1.72 1.85
2016 1.73 1.85
2017 1.54 1.78
2018 1.45 1.76
2019 1.38 1.71
2020 1.37 1.67
2021 1.37 1.67
2022 1.33 1.53
2023 1.21 1.45

Belarus and Sweden demographics compared

Median age
Belarus

Sweden
Year Median age, years
Belarus Sweden
1960 26.6 36
1961 26.9 36.2
1962 27.3 36.3
1963 27.6 36.3
1964 27.9 36.3
1965 28.2 36.2
1966 28.6 36
1967 28.9 35.9
1968 29.3 35.8
1969 29.7 35.6
1970 30.1 35.4
1971 30.4 35.3
1972 30.5 35.3
1973 30.5 35.3
1974 30.5 35.3
1975 30.4 35.3
1976 30.4 35.4
1977 30.6 35.5
1978 30.9 35.7
1979 31.1 36
1980 31.2 36.2
1981 31.2 36.5
1982 31.4 36.8
1983 31.5 37.1
1984 31.7 37.4
1985 31.9 37.6
1986 32.1 37.9
1987 32.4 38.1
1988 32.6 38.2
1989 32.8 38.3
1990 33 38.3
1991 33.3 38.3
1992 33.6 38.4
1993 33.9 38.4
1994 34.2 38.4
1995 34.6 38.5
1996 35 38.6
1997 35.4 38.8
1998 35.8 39
1999 36.1 39.2
2000 36.5 39.4
2001 36.8 39.5
2002 37.1 39.7
2003 37.4 39.8
2004 37.7 40
2005 38 40.2
2006 38.3 40.4
2007 38.5 40.5
2008 38.7 40.6
2009 38.8 40.7
2010 38.9 40.7
2011 39.1 40.8
2012 39.2 40.9
2013 39.3 40.9
2014 39.4 40.9
2015 39.5 40.9
2016 39.7 40.8
2017 39.8 40.7
2018 40 40.6
2019 40.3 40.5
2020 40.6 40.6
2021 40.9 40.7
2022 41.2 40.7
2023 41.6 40.9
2024 42 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belarus Sweden
GNI, Atlas method
$75.2B
2024
$622B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.3%
2025
49.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.95%
2023
7.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.8%
2023
1.47%
2023
Armed forces personnel
158,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.24%
2025
-1.45%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.46%
2023
8.31%
2024
Services, % of GDP
49.7%
2024
65.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
22.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.9
2025
77.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
20.7%
2020
22.3%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
4.5%
2020
2.8%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
575,426
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
7.06%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
45
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0006%
2025
Listed domestic companies
12
2024
278
2002
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$6.01B
2024
$290B
2003
Total reserves including gold
$8.91B
2024
$62.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.38B
2024
$4.47B
2024
International tourist arrivals
3,598,000
2020
1,957,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.46%
2020
4.85%
2010
Banked people share
81.2%
2017
98.6%
2024

Energy

Belarus Sweden
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,862 kg
2022
4,289 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.93
2022
$15.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
54.2 megatons
2023
35.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.9 tons
2023
3.36 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
86.6%
2022
24.9%
2023
Renewable energy use share
8.2%
2021
57.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.01%
2022
49.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
77.1%
2022
27.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
3,903 kWh
2022
12,150 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
3.15%
2021
67.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.94%
2022
39.9%
2023
Nuclear share
17.3%
2022
29.2%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belarus Sweden
% of world population
0.11%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-3,119
2024
+50,115
2024
Urban population
81.1%
2024
89%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.48 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
53.5
2025
92
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
80
2024
Higher education index
63
2025
94
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.33
2019
1.15
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.6
2019
3.1
2019
Visa free countries
94
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2019
99%
2003
English speaking
12%
2025
89%
2023
People using the Internet
94.3%
2024
95.5%
2024

Health

Belarus Sweden
Government health expenditure per capita
$529
2022
$6,152
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$146.1
2022
$780
2023
Life expectancy
74.8 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.16%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.47
2020
4.31
2020
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2021
30 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
2.5
2023
Obesity rate
22.1%
2022
15.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.1%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
70
2025
89
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30.1%
2022
22.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
9.57 liters
2020

Territory

Belarus Sweden
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.27%
2025
Land area per capita
8,581 sq mi
2024
14,877 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31,019 sq mi
2025
11,514 sq mi
2025
Forest area
34,020 sq mi
2025
108,031 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
356,129 mi
2016

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