Belgium vs Sweden statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 136th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Belgium and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Sweden
1960	$11,810,619,368	$15,930,258,332
1961	$12,561,701,694	$17,329,819,494
1962	$13,436,827,167	$18,794,282,717
1963	$14,445,805,381	$20,342,365,392
1964	$16,168,044,450	$22,685,750,575
1965	$17,597,783,297	$24,964,233,891
1966	$18,894,891,312	$27,155,028,520
1967	$20,252,508,995	$29,475,219,787
1968	$21,654,856,965	$31,278,230,634
1969	$24,019,653,475	$33,967,691,454
1970	$26,706,196,047	$38,037,663,342
1971	$29,821,661,870	$41,506,627,519
1972	$37,209,418,019	$48,883,734,672
1973	$47,743,801,490	$59,319,523,962
1974	$56,033,077,879	$65,918,391,224
1975	$65,678,189,097	$82,766,182,746
1976	$71,113,882,968	$89,233,541,404
1977	$82,839,905,459	$94,332,865,494
1978	$101,246,526,194	$104,292,130,796
1979	$116,315,456,797	$123,208,942,175
1980	$126,829,314,388	$141,887,695,763
1981	$104,730,018,470	$129,500,408,224
1982	$92,095,926,188	$114,216,043,040
1983	$87,184,239,053	$104,863,313,508
1984	$83,349,530,159	$109,044,297,251
1985	$86,268,264,148	$113,959,392,485
1986	$120,018,787,249	$150,281,594,980
1987	$149,394,404,106	$182,746,413,791
1988	$162,299,103,675	$206,688,963,474
1989	$164,221,056,511	$217,634,838,449
1990	$205,331,747,948	$261,469,578,631
1991	$210,510,999,409	$273,834,608,020
1992	$234,781,652,447	$283,912,173,667
1993	$224,721,795,709	$212,647,043,708
1994	$244,884,129,491	$228,701,658,891
1995	$288,025,588,396	$267,052,836,695
1996	$279,201,433,225	$291,952,430,659
1997	$252,708,051,421	$268,251,974,486
1998	$258,528,339,631	$270,889,570,938
1999	$258,245,733,221	$274,320,415,376
2000	$236,792,460,312	$262,905,197,442
2001	$236,746,141,604	$242,499,249,693
2002	$258,383,599,375	$267,373,345,247
2003	$318,082,528,507	$334,074,051,173
2004	$369,214,712,443	$384,547,211,147
2005	$385,714,762,230	$391,690,329,314
2006	$408,259,840,869	$422,530,427,476
2007	$470,922,156,309	$490,050,156,833
2008	$517,328,087,920	$514,616,528,349
2009	$485,014,525,992	$434,313,804,907
2010	$481,556,503,720	$492,753,255,886
2011	$527,196,649,049	$570,541,353,129
2012	$498,414,364,945	$549,742,183,874
2013	$524,097,026,599	$584,128,116,410
2014	$537,987,419,164	$577,730,245,154
2015	$461,044,767,545	$501,698,263,621
2016	$474,271,566,740	$514,218,206,628
2017	$500,908,767,352	$536,083,940,229
2018	$542,638,913,428	$551,312,498,430
2019	$536,726,344,405	$532,169,294,166
2020	$529,694,473,502	$545,147,614,972
2021	$598,522,422,242	$637,186,904,844
2022	$593,614,574,326	$579,895,717,344
2023	$644,655,275,112	$585,489,968,189
2024	$664,564,181,487	$610,117,791,237

Belgium and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Sweden
1960	$1,290	$2,128
1961	$1,368	$2,304
1962	$1,457	$2,485
1963	$1,555	$2,675
1964	$1,724	$2,961
1965	$1,860	$3,228
1966	$1,983	$3,478
1967	$2,114	$3,746
1968	$2,251	$3,953
1969	$2,490	$4,263
1970	$2,766	$4,729
1971	$3,083	$5,125
1972	$3,832	$6,018
1973	$4,901	$7,291
1974	$5,734	$8,078
1975	$6,701	$10,103
1976	$7,243	$10,853
1977	$8,427	$11,432
1978	$10,290	$12,602
1979	$11,811	$14,856
1980	$12,864	$17,073
1981	$10,623	$15,564
1982	$9,344	$13,719
1983	$8,846	$12,590
1984	$8,457	$13,080
1985	$8,751	$13,647
1986	$12,170	$17,955
1987	$15,136	$21,761
1988	$16,391	$24,499
1989	$16,525	$25,625
1990	$20,600	$30,550
1991	$21,042	$31,777
1992	$23,373	$32,754
1993	$22,284	$24,390
1994	$24,209	$26,046
1995	$28,414	$30,254
1996	$27,490	$33,023
1997	$24,821	$30,324
1998	$25,338	$30,606
1999	$25,253	$30,969
2000	$23,099	$29,633
2001	$23,015	$27,259
2002	$25,006	$29,958
2003	$30,655	$37,292
2004	$35,429	$42,758
2005	$36,810	$43,379
2006	$38,705	$46,532
2007	$44,319	$53,569
2008	$48,303	$55,817
2009	$44,923	$46,708
2010	$44,197	$52,543
2011	$47,761	$60,380
2012	$44,874	$57,750
2013	$46,965	$60,844
2014	$47,996	$59,584
2015	$40,894	$51,198
2016	$41,855	$51,820
2017	$44,035	$53,301
2018	$47,487	$54,182
2019	$46,717	$51,773
2020	$45,906	$52,654
2021	$51,658	$61,175
2022	$50,822	$55,297
2023	$54,690	$55,567
2024	$55,955	$57,723

Belgium vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Sweden
1950	66.3	71.1
1951	66.7	71.4
1952	68	71.8
1953	68.4	71.9
1954	68.6	72.4
1955	68.5	72.6
1956	68.8	72.7
1957	69.2	72.5
1958	69.9	73.2
1959	70.3	73.4
1960	69.6	73
1961	70.5	73.5
1962	70.2	73.4
1963	70	73.5
1964	70.7	73.7
1965	70.6	73.9
1966	70.6	74.1
1967	70.9	74.1
1968	70.6	74
1969	70.7	74.1
1970	70.9	74.7
1971	71.1	74.6
1972	71.4	74.7
1973	71.6	74.9
1974	72	75
1975	72	75
1976	72.1	75
1977	72.8	75.4
1978	72.7	75.5
1979	73.2	75.5
1980	73.2	75.7
1981	73.7	76
1982	73.9	76.3
1983	73.9	76.6
1984	74.4	76.8
1985	74.5	76.7
1986	74.7	77
1987	75.3	77.1
1988	75.6	77
1989	75.6	77.7
1990	76.1	77.6
1991	76.2	77.7
1992	76.4	78.1
1993	76.4	78.1
1994	76.7	78.7
1995	76.8	78.8
1996	77.2	79
1997	77.4	79.3
1998	77.5	79.4
1999	77.6	79.5
2000	77.8	79.7
2001	78.1	79.8
2002	78.2	79.9
2003	78.3	80.2
2004	79	80.5
2005	79.1	80.6
2006	79.4	80.8
2007	79.5	81
2008	79.6	81.1
2009	79.8	81.4
2010	80	81.5
2011	80.4	81.8
2012	80.3	81.7
2013	80.5	81.9
2014	81.1	82.2
2015	80.9	82.2
2016	81.3	82.3
2017	81.4	82.4
2018	81.5	82.5
2019	81.8	83.1
2020	80.8	82.4
2021	81.7	83
2022	81.2	83
2023	82.1	83.3
2024	82.3	83.4
2025	82.4	83.6

Belgium and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Sweden
1960	9,153,489	7,484,656
1961	9,183,948	7,519,998
1962	9,220,578	7,561,588
1963	9,289,770	7,604,328
1964	9,378,113	7,661,354
1965	9,463,667	7,733,853
1966	9,527,807	7,807,797
1967	9,580,991	7,867,931
1968	9,618,756	7,912,273
1969	9,646,032	7,968,072
1970	9,655,549	8,042,801
1971	9,673,162	8,098,334
1972	9,711,115	8,122,300
1973	9,741,720	8,136,312
1974	9,772,419	8,159,955
1975	9,800,700	8,192,437
1976	9,818,227	8,222,286
1977	9,830,358	8,251,540
1978	9,839,534	8,275,599
1979	9,848,382	8,293,678
1980	9,859,242	8,310,531
1981	9,858,982	8,320,503
1982	9,856,303	8,325,263
1983	9,855,520	8,329,033
1984	9,855,372	8,336,605
1985	9,858,308	8,350,386
1986	9,861,823	8,369,829
1987	9,870,234	8,397,804
1988	9,901,664	8,436,489
1989	9,937,697	8,492,964
1990	9,967,379	8,558,835
1991	10,004,486	8,617,375
1992	10,045,158	8,668,067
1993	10,084,475	8,718,561
1994	10,115,603	8,780,745
1995	10,136,811	8,826,939
1996	10,156,637	8,840,998
1997	10,181,245	8,846,062
1998	10,203,008	8,850,974
1999	10,226,419	8,857,874
2000	10,251,250	8,872,109
2001	10,286,570	8,895,960
2002	10,332,785	8,924,958
2003	10,376,133	8,958,229
2004	10,421,137	8,993,531
2005	10,478,617	9,029,572
2006	10,547,958	9,080,505
2007	10,625,700	9,148,092
2008	10,709,973	9,219,637
2009	10,796,493	9,298,515
2010	10,895,586	9,378,126
2011	11,038,264	9,449,213
2012	11,106,932	9,519,374
2013	11,159,407	9,600,379
2014	11,209,057	9,696,110
2015	11,274,196	9,799,186
2016	11,331,422	9,923,085
2017	11,375,158	10,057,698
2018	11,427,054	10,175,214
2019	11,488,980	10,278,887
2020	11,538,604	10,353,442
2021	11,586,195	10,415,811
2022	11,680,210	10,486,941
2023	11,787,423	10,536,632
2024	11,876,844	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Belgium and Sweden

Fertility rate

Belgium

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Sweden
1960	2.54	2.17
1961	2.63	2.21
1962	2.59	2.25
1963	2.68	2.33
1964	2.71	2.47
1965	2.61	2.39
1966	2.52	2.37
1967	2.41	2.28
1968	2.31	2.07
1969	2.27	1.93
1970	2.25	1.92
1971	2.21	1.96
1972	2.09	1.91
1973	1.95	1.87
1974	1.83	1.87
1975	1.74	1.77
1976	1.73	1.68
1977	1.71	1.64
1978	1.69	1.6
1979	1.69	1.66
1980	1.68	1.68
1981	1.66	1.63
1982	1.61	1.62
1983	1.57	1.61
1984	1.54	1.66
1985	1.51	1.74
1986	1.54	1.8
1987	1.54	1.84
1988	1.57	1.96
1989	1.58	2.01
1990	1.62	2.13
1991	1.66	2.11
1992	1.65	2.09
1993	1.61	1.99
1994	1.56	1.88
1995	1.56	1.73
1996	1.59	1.6
1997	1.6	1.52
1998	1.6	1.5
1999	1.62	1.5
2000	1.67	1.54
2001	1.67	1.57
2002	1.65	1.65
2003	1.67	1.71
2004	1.72	1.75
2005	1.76	1.77
2006	1.8	1.85
2007	1.82	1.88
2008	1.85	1.91
2009	1.84	1.94
2010	1.86	1.98
2011	1.81	1.9
2012	1.8	1.91
2013	1.76	1.89
2014	1.74	1.88
2015	1.7	1.85
2016	1.68	1.85
2017	1.65	1.78
2018	1.62	1.76
2019	1.6	1.71
2020	1.55	1.67
2021	1.6	1.67
2022	1.53	1.53
2023	1.47	1.45

Belgium and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Sweden
1960	34.9	36
1961	34.9	36.2
1962	34.9	36.3
1963	34.9	36.3
1964	34.8	36.3
1965	34.8	36.2
1966	34.7	36
1967	34.7	35.9
1968	34.7	35.8
1969	34.6	35.6
1970	34.5	35.4
1971	34.4	35.3
1972	34.3	35.3
1973	34.3	35.3
1974	34.3	35.3
1975	34.2	35.3
1976	34.1	35.4
1977	34.1	35.5
1978	34.1	35.7
1979	34.1	36
1980	34.2	36.2
1981	34.3	36.5
1982	34.5	36.8
1983	34.8	37.1
1984	35	37.4
1985	35.2	37.6
1986	35.4	37.9
1987	35.6	38.1
1988	35.9	38.2
1989	36.1	38.3
1990	36.3	38.3
1991	36.5	38.3
1992	36.7	38.4
1993	37	38.4
1994	37.2	38.4
1995	37.5	38.5
1996	37.8	38.6
1997	38.1	38.8
1998	38.3	39
1999	38.6	39.2
2000	38.9	39.4
2001	39.2	39.5
2002	39.4	39.7
2003	39.7	39.8
2004	40	40
2005	40.2	40.2
2006	40.4	40.4
2007	40.6	40.5
2008	40.7	40.6
2009	40.8	40.7
2010	40.8	40.7
2011	40.9	40.8
2012	41.1	40.9
2013	41.2	40.9
2014	41.3	40.9
2015	41.4	40.9
2016	41.4	40.8
2017	41.6	40.7
2018	41.7	40.6
2019	41.8	40.5
2020	41.9	40.6
2021	42	40.7
2022	42.2	40.7
2023	42.4	40.9
2024	42.7	41.1

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