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Bhutan vs Sweden statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 132nd vs. 58th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Main facts and rankings

Bhutan Sweden
Population
801123
10654722
Population rank 163/197 93/197
GDP
$3.02B
2023
$610B
2024
GDP rank 169/197 25/197
GDP per capita
$3,839
2023
$57,723
2024
GDP per capita rank 132/197 15/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,254
2023
$71,030
2024
Government debt
$3.49B
2023
$199B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
102.9%
2025
33.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,432
2023
$18,842
2024
Government debt per person rank 87/185 32/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,460
2025
$40,075
2025
Land area
14,726 sq mi
2025
157,248 sq mi
2025
Population density
53.8 ppl/mi²
2024
67.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.45
2023
Median age
30.9 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Bhutan and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and Sweden economies compared

GDP
Bhutan

Sweden
Year GDP
Bhutan 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 $61,812,113 $38,037,663,342
1971 $66,289,450 $41,506,627,519
1972 $70,139,867 $48,883,734,672
1973 $78,900,289 $59,319,523,962
1974 $92,901,784 $65,918,391,224
1975 $86,820,762 $82,766,182,746
1976 $88,461,263 $89,233,541,404
1977 $97,884,434 $94,332,865,494
1978 $94,086,228 $104,292,130,796
1979 $105,377,995 $123,208,942,175
1980 $128,669,201 $141,887,695,763
1981 $139,174,178 $129,500,408,224
1982 $141,439,317 $114,216,043,040
1983 $156,704,290 $104,863,313,508
1984 $160,423,494 $109,044,297,251
1985 $163,288,815 $113,959,392,485
1986 $191,218,115 $150,281,594,980
1987 $242,742,766 $182,746,413,791
1988 $272,298,067 $206,688,963,474
1989 $264,798,626 $217,634,838,449
1990 $287,765,007 $261,469,578,631
1991 $240,294,286 $273,834,608,020
1992 $240,233,531 $283,912,173,667
1993 $225,973,693 $212,647,043,708
1994 $258,954,708 $228,701,658,891
1995 $290,490,984 $267,052,836,695
1996 $303,408,346 $291,952,430,659
1997 $352,229,077 $268,251,974,486
1998 $363,458,381 $270,889,570,938
1999 $399,311,200 $274,320,415,376
2000 $460,733,418 $262,905,197,442
2001 $496,110,226 $242,499,249,693
2002 $559,345,264 $267,373,345,247
2003 $651,935,430 $334,074,051,173
2004 $735,348,490 $384,547,211,147
2005 $860,391,000 $391,690,329,314
2006 $942,879,879 $422,530,427,476
2007 $1,255,767,964 $490,050,156,833
2008 $1,317,517,835 $514,616,528,349
2009 $1,331,343,798 $434,313,804,907
2010 $1,708,880,730 $492,753,255,886
2011 $1,977,728,659 $570,541,353,129
2012 $1,973,387,228 $549,742,183,874
2013 $1,943,696,952 $584,128,116,410
2014 $2,089,079,571 $577,730,245,154
2015 $2,187,815,803 $501,698,263,621
2016 $2,357,504,761 $514,218,206,628
2017 $2,591,358,009 $536,083,940,229
2018 $2,583,335,722 $551,312,498,430
2019 $2,735,683,570 $532,169,294,166
2020 $2,457,604,334 $545,147,614,972
2021 $2,768,802,960 $637,186,904,844
2022 $2,898,227,744 $579,895,717,344
2023 $3,019,253,885 $585,489,968,189
2024 - $610,117,791,237

Bhutan and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita
Bhutan

Sweden
Year GDP per capita
Bhutan 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 $200.3 $4,729
1971 $207.7 $5,125
1972 $212.4 $6,018
1973 $230.9 $7,291
1974 $262.8 $8,078
1975 $237.4 $10,103
1976 $233.7 $10,853
1977 $249.9 $11,432
1978 $232.2 $12,602
1979 $251.4 $14,856
1980 $296.9 $17,073
1981 $311 $15,564
1982 $306 $13,719
1983 $328 $12,590
1984 $326 $13,080
1985 $321 $13,647
1986 $365 $17,955
1987 $449 $21,761
1988 $489 $24,499
1989 $462 $25,625
1990 $488 $30,550
1991 $401 $31,777
1992 $416 $32,754
1993 $407 $24,390
1994 $467 $26,046
1995 $530 $30,254
1996 $553 $33,023
1997 $630 $30,324
1998 $638 $30,606
1999 $685 $30,969
2000 $772 $29,633
2001 $812 $27,259
2002 $896 $29,958
2003 $1,022 $37,292
2004 $1,130 $42,758
2005 $1,300 $43,379
2006 $1,406 $46,532
2007 $1,850 $53,569
2008 $1,920 $55,817
2009 $1,918 $46,708
2010 $2,436 $52,543
2011 $2,788 $60,380
2012 $2,751 $57,750
2013 $2,680 $60,844
2014 $2,849 $59,584
2015 $2,954 $51,198
2016 $3,152 $51,820
2017 $3,435 $53,301
2018 $3,400 $54,182
2019 $3,577 $51,773
2020 $3,192 $52,654
2021 $3,571 $61,175
2022 $3,711 $55,297
2023 $3,839 $55,567
2024 - $57,723

Bhutan vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bhutan

Sweden
Year Life expectancy, years
Bhutan Sweden
1950 35.3 71.1
1951 35.3 71.4
1952 35.4 71.8
1953 35.4 71.9
1954 35.4 72.4
1955 35.5 72.6
1956 35.6 72.7
1957 35.7 72.5
1958 35.9 73.2
1959 36.1 73.4
1960 36.4 73
1961 36.7 73.5
1962 37 73.4
1963 37.4 73.5
1964 37.8 73.7
1965 38.3 73.9
1966 38.8 74.1
1967 39.4 74.1
1968 40 74
1969 40.6 74.1
1970 41.2 74.7
1971 41.8 74.6
1972 42.5 74.7
1973 43.1 74.9
1974 43.8 75
1975 44.5 75
1976 45.2 75
1977 46 75.4
1978 46.7 75.5
1979 47.4 75.5
1980 48.2 75.7
1981 49 76
1982 49.8 76.3
1983 50.6 76.6
1984 51.3 76.8
1985 52 76.7
1986 52.8 77
1987 53.6 77.1
1988 54.4 77
1989 55.1 77.7
1990 55.8 77.6
1991 56.5 77.7
1992 57.2 78.1
1993 57.9 78.1
1994 58.4 78.7
1995 59.3 78.8
1996 60 79
1997 60.6 79.3
1998 61.3 79.4
1999 62 79.5
2000 61.8 79.7
2001 63.3 79.8
2002 64 79.9
2003 64.7 80.2
2004 65.3 80.5
2005 65.9 80.6
2006 66.5 80.8
2007 67.2 81
2008 67.7 81.1
2009 68.2 81.4
2010 68.8 81.5
2011 69.3 81.8
2012 69.8 81.7
2013 70.2 81.9
2014 70.5 82.2
2015 70.8 82.2
2016 71.1 82.3
2017 71.4 82.4
2018 71.7 82.5
2019 72 83.1
2020 72.3 82.4
2021 72.4 83
2022 72.8 83
2023 73 83.3
2024 73.3 83.4
2025 73.5 83.6

Bhutan and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population
Bhutan

Sweden
Year Population
Bhutan Sweden
1960 224,084 7,484,656
1961 230,602 7,519,998
1962 237,636 7,561,588
1963 245,156 7,604,328
1964 252,987 7,661,354
1965 261,200 7,733,853
1966 269,820 7,807,797
1967 278,852 7,867,931
1968 288,311 7,912,273
1969 298,214 7,968,072
1970 308,528 8,042,801
1971 319,211 8,098,334
1972 330,264 8,122,300
1973 341,705 8,136,312
1974 353,538 8,159,955
1975 365,791 8,192,437
1976 378,490 8,222,286
1977 391,639 8,251,540
1978 405,243 8,275,599
1979 419,200 8,293,678
1980 433,404 8,310,531
1981 447,836 8,320,503
1982 462,485 8,325,263
1983 477,460 8,329,033
1984 492,784 8,336,605
1985 508,392 8,350,386
1986 524,324 8,369,829
1987 540,557 8,397,804
1988 556,986 8,436,489
1989 573,586 8,492,964
1990 589,287 8,558,835
1991 599,784 8,617,375
1992 577,774 8,668,067
1993 554,673 8,718,561
1994 554,497 8,780,745
1995 547,989 8,826,939
1996 548,784 8,840,998
1997 558,697 8,846,062
1998 569,435 8,850,974
1999 582,579 8,857,874
2000 596,863 8,872,109
2001 610,794 8,895,960
2002 624,409 8,924,958
2003 637,663 8,958,229
2004 650,544 8,993,531
2005 661,865 9,029,572
2006 670,799 9,080,505
2007 678,641 9,148,092
2008 686,351 9,219,637
2009 693,988 9,298,515
2010 701,632 9,378,126
2011 709,377 9,449,213
2012 717,279 9,519,374
2013 725,273 9,600,379
2014 733,139 9,696,110
2015 740,618 9,799,186
2016 747,866 9,923,085
2017 754,335 10,057,698
2018 759,759 10,175,214
2019 764,824 10,278,887
2020 770,006 10,353,442
2021 775,442 10,415,811
2022 780,914 10,486,941
2023 786,385 10,536,632
2024 791,524 10,569,709

Fertility rates in Bhutan and Sweden

Fertility rate
Bhutan

Sweden
Year Fertility rate
Bhutan Sweden
1960 6.7 2.17
1961 6.7 2.21
1962 6.69 2.25
1963 6.69 2.33
1964 6.68 2.47
1965 6.68 2.39
1966 6.67 2.37
1967 6.67 2.28
1968 6.66 2.07
1969 6.66 1.93
1970 6.65 1.92
1971 6.64 1.96
1972 6.64 1.91
1973 6.63 1.87
1974 6.62 1.87
1975 6.62 1.77
1976 6.62 1.68
1977 6.61 1.64
1978 6.58 1.6
1979 6.55 1.66
1980 6.51 1.68
1981 6.46 1.63
1982 6.4 1.62
1983 6.34 1.61
1984 6.26 1.66
1985 6.18 1.74
1986 6.1 1.8
1987 6 1.84
1988 5.88 1.96
1989 5.76 2.01
1990 5.6 2.13
1991 5.45 2.11
1992 5.27 2.09
1993 5.07 1.99
1994 4.87 1.88
1995 4.62 1.73
1996 4.37 1.6
1997 4.09 1.52
1998 3.85 1.5
1999 3.61 1.5
2000 3.38 1.54
2001 3.19 1.57
2002 3.01 1.65
2003 2.87 1.71
2004 2.78 1.75
2005 2.73 1.77
2006 2.66 1.85
2007 2.59 1.88
2008 2.48 1.91
2009 2.36 1.94
2010 2.25 1.98
2011 2.15 1.9
2012 2.07 1.91
2013 2 1.89
2014 1.92 1.88
2015 1.84 1.85
2016 1.74 1.85
2017 1.62 1.78
2018 1.52 1.76
2019 1.45 1.71
2020 1.5 1.67
2021 1.49 1.67
2022 1.48 1.53
2023 1.46 1.45

Bhutan and Sweden demographics compared

Median age
Bhutan

Sweden
Year Median age, years
Bhutan Sweden
1960 18.8 36
1961 18.9 36.2
1962 18.9 36.3
1963 19 36.3
1964 19.1 36.3
1965 19.1 36.2
1966 19.2 36
1967 19.3 35.9
1968 19.3 35.8
1969 19.3 35.6
1970 19.3 35.4
1971 19.3 35.3
1972 19.3 35.3
1973 19.2 35.3
1974 19.2 35.3
1975 19.1 35.3
1976 19.1 35.4
1977 19 35.5
1978 19 35.7
1979 18.9 36
1980 18.9 36.2
1981 18.8 36.5
1982 18.7 36.8
1983 18.7 37.1
1984 18.6 37.4
1985 18.6 37.6
1986 18.5 37.9
1987 18.5 38.1
1988 18.5 38.2
1989 18.5 38.3
1990 18.6 38.3
1991 18.6 38.3
1992 18.6 38.4
1993 18.7 38.4
1994 18.8 38.4
1995 18.9 38.5
1996 19.1 38.6
1997 19.3 38.8
1998 19.5 39
1999 19.8 39.2
2000 20 39.4
2001 20.4 39.5
2002 20.8 39.7
2003 21.3 39.8
2004 21.8 40
2005 22.2 40.2
2006 22.6 40.4
2007 22.9 40.5
2008 23.3 40.6
2009 23.7 40.7
2010 24 40.7
2011 24.4 40.8
2012 24.7 40.9
2013 25.1 40.9
2014 25.6 40.9
2015 26 40.9
2016 26.4 40.8
2017 26.9 40.7
2018 27.5 40.6
2019 28 40.5
2020 28.6 40.6
2021 29.2 40.7
2022 29.8 40.7
2023 30.4 40.9
2024 30.9 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bhutan Sweden
GNI, Atlas method
$2.94B
2023
$622B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
49.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.85%
2023
7.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.47%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2000
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.51%
2025
-1.45%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.28%
2024
8.31%
2024
Services, % of GDP
52.7%
2023
65.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.6%
2023
22.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
57.5
2025
77.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.7%
2022
22.3%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2022
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 n/a
278
2002
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$290B
2003
Total reserves including gold
$941M
2024
$62.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$110M
2024
$4.47B
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,799
2020
1,957,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
10.7%
2020
4.85%
2010
Banked people share
33.7%
2014
98.6%
2024

Energy

Bhutan Sweden
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
360 kg
2007
4,289 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.9
2007
$15.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.99 megatons
2023
35.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.53 tons
2023
3.36 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
24.9%
2023
Renewable energy use share
82.5%
2022
57.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
49.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
27.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
12,150 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2021
67.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
100%
2021
39.9%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
29.2%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bhutan Sweden
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-277
2024
+50,115
2024
Urban population
45%
2024
89%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.48 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.2
2025
92
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
80
2024
Higher education index n/a
94
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.46
2020
1.15
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
16.2
2019
3.1
2019
Visa free countries
67
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
64.9%
2022
99%
2003
English speaking
75%
2025
89%
2023
People using the Internet
88.4%
2023
95.5%
2024

Health

Bhutan Sweden
Government health expenditure per capita
$154.5
2022
$6,152
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$53.4
2022
$780
2023
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.55
2022
4.31
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
30 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
47
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
23.1
2023
2.5
2023
Obesity rate
12.7%
2022
15.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
6
2025
89
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
18.7%
2022
22.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.18 liters
2020
9.57 liters
2020

Territory

Bhutan Sweden
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.27%
2025
Land area per capita
18,605 sq mi
2024
14,877 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,035 sq mi
2025
11,514 sq mi
2025
Forest area
10,545 sq mi
2025
108,031 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,584 mi
2017
356,129 mi
2016

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