Finland vs Sweden statistics compared

Finland has a population of 5.64M (ranked 116/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Finland's land area is 117,360 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 70th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Finland ranks 48/197 ($300B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Finland ranks 22/197 ($53,189), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Finland and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Finland and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Finland

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Finland	Sweden
1960	$5,279,481,824	$15,930,258,332
1961	$5,984,433,774	$17,329,819,494
1962	$6,407,796,043	$18,794,282,717
1963	$6,958,916,548	$20,342,365,392
1964	$7,848,987,793	$22,685,750,575
1965	$8,680,393,839	$24,964,233,891
1966	$9,306,142,172	$27,155,028,520
1967	$9,468,272,357	$29,475,219,787
1968	$8,916,565,041	$31,278,230,634
1969	$10,177,524,839	$33,967,691,454
1970	$11,358,529,162	$38,037,663,342
1971	$12,528,522,307	$41,506,627,519
1972	$14,744,499,570	$48,883,734,672
1973	$19,474,098,335	$59,319,523,962
1974	$24,851,036,710	$65,918,391,224
1975	$29,475,251,333	$82,766,182,746
1976	$31,852,352,670	$89,233,541,404
1977	$33,502,784,418	$94,332,865,494
1978	$36,259,392,058	$104,292,130,796
1979	$44,469,218,440	$123,208,942,175
1980	$53,649,984,061	$141,887,695,763
1981	$52,440,066,134	$129,500,408,224
1982	$52,784,013,815	$114,216,043,040
1983	$50,956,447,481	$104,863,313,508
1984	$52,870,993,273	$109,044,297,251
1985	$55,856,676,899	$113,959,392,485
1986	$73,511,611,541	$150,281,594,980
1987	$91,564,993,913	$182,746,413,791
1988	$109,039,090,263	$206,688,963,474
1989	$118,991,270,611	$217,634,838,449
1990	$141,446,120,355	$261,469,578,631
1991	$127,794,441,994	$273,834,608,020
1992	$112,537,828,511	$283,912,173,667
1993	$89,112,105,756	$212,647,043,708
1994	$103,182,697,780	$228,701,658,891
1995	$134,060,457,516	$267,052,836,695
1996	$131,991,975,149	$291,952,430,659
1997	$126,862,902,302	$268,251,974,486
1998	$133,990,876,725	$270,889,570,938
1999	$135,234,241,918	$274,320,415,376
2000	$125,967,821,111	$262,905,197,442
2001	$129,519,672,869	$242,499,249,693
2002	$140,360,963,812	$267,373,345,247
2003	$171,612,867,736	$334,074,051,173
2004	$197,458,297,640	$384,547,211,147
2005	$204,859,368,791	$391,690,329,314
2006	$217,044,068,234	$422,530,427,476
2007	$256,360,251,538	$490,050,156,833
2008	$285,698,662,071	$514,616,528,349
2009	$253,480,783,439	$434,313,804,907
2010	$249,429,613,683	$492,753,255,886
2011	$275,126,915,516	$570,541,353,129
2012	$257,443,384,493	$549,742,183,874
2013	$270,268,036,626	$584,128,116,410
2014	$273,478,528,955	$577,730,245,154
2015	$233,210,733,506	$501,698,263,621
2016	$238,777,818,793	$514,218,206,628
2017	$253,846,138,440	$536,083,940,229
2018	$273,869,255,596	$551,312,498,430
2019	$267,014,821,129	$532,169,294,166
2020	$270,000,311,606	$545,147,614,972
2021	$294,223,210,496	$637,186,904,844
2022	$280,253,099,309	$579,895,717,344
2023	$294,950,618,733	$585,489,968,189
2024	$299,835,625,551	$610,117,791,237

Finland and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Finland

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Finland	Sweden
1960	$1,192	$2,128
1961	$1,341	$2,304
1962	$1,427	$2,485
1963	$1,538	$2,675
1964	$1,726	$2,961
1965	$1,902	$3,228
1966	$2,032	$3,478
1967	$2,056	$3,746
1968	$1,927	$3,953
1969	$2,201	$4,263
1970	$2,466	$4,729
1971	$2,716	$5,125
1972	$3,178	$6,018
1973	$4,174	$7,291
1974	$5,298	$8,078
1975	$6,256	$10,103
1976	$6,740	$10,853
1977	$7,070	$11,432
1978	$7,629	$12,602
1979	$9,333	$14,856
1980	$11,225	$17,073
1981	$10,925	$15,564
1982	$10,935	$13,719
1983	$10,494	$12,590
1984	$10,830	$13,080
1985	$11,394	$13,647
1986	$14,947	$17,955
1987	$18,565	$21,761
1988	$22,044	$24,499
1989	$23,969	$25,625
1990	$28,366	$30,550
1991	$25,489	$31,777
1992	$22,320	$32,754
1993	$17,589	$24,390
1994	$20,278	$26,046
1995	$26,246	$30,254
1996	$25,757	$33,023
1997	$24,682	$30,324
1998	$26,000	$30,606
1999	$26,180	$30,969
2000	$24,336	$29,633
2001	$24,965	$27,259
2002	$26,989	$29,958
2003	$32,920	$37,292
2004	$37,768	$42,758
2005	$39,050	$43,379
2006	$41,214	$46,532
2007	$48,473	$53,569
2008	$53,769	$55,817
2009	$47,478	$46,708
2010	$46,506	$52,543
2011	$51,060	$60,380
2012	$47,552	$57,750
2013	$49,691	$60,844
2014	$50,074	$59,584
2015	$42,560	$51,198
2016	$43,451	$51,820
2017	$46,085	$53,301
2018	$49,654	$54,182
2019	$48,358	$51,773
2020	$48,829	$52,654
2021	$53,099	$61,175
2022	$50,441	$55,297
2023	$52,822	$55,567
2024	$53,189	$57,723

Finland vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Finland

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Finland	Sweden
1950	64.2	71.1
1951	65.6	71.4
1952	66.5	71.8
1953	66.6	71.9
1954	67.5	72.4
1955	67.3	72.6
1956	68	72.7
1957	67.5	72.5
1958	68.6	73.2
1959	68.8	73.4
1960	69	73
1961	69	73.5
1962	68.7	73.4
1963	69.2	73.5
1964	69.4	73.7
1965	69.1	73.9
1966	69.6	74.1
1967	69.8	74.1
1968	69.8	74
1969	69.6	74.1
1970	70.3	74.7
1971	70.1	74.6
1972	70.9	74.7
1973	71.4	74.9
1974	71.3	75
1975	71.8	75
1976	72	75
1977	72.5	75.4
1978	73.1	75.5
1979	73.4	75.5
1980	73.6	75.7
1981	74	76
1982	74.5	76.3
1983	74.4	76.6
1984	74.7	76.8
1985	74.4	76.7
1986	74.8	77
1987	74.8	77.1
1988	74.8	77
1989	75	77.7
1990	75	77.6
1991	75.4	77.7
1992	75.6	78.1
1993	75.9	78.1
1994	76.6	78.7
1995	76.6	78.8
1996	76.9	79
1997	77.1	79.3
1998	77.3	79.4
1999	77.5	79.5
2000	77.7	79.7
2001	78.1	79.8
2002	78.3	79.9
2003	78.5	80.2
2004	78.8	80.5
2005	79	80.6
2006	79.4	80.8
2007	79.4	81
2008	79.7	81.1
2009	79.8	81.4
2010	80	81.5
2011	80.4	81.8
2012	80.5	81.7
2013	80.9	81.9
2014	81.1	82.2
2015	81.4	82.2
2016	81.3	82.3
2017	81.5	82.4
2018	81.6	82.5
2019	81.9	83.1
2020	81.8	82.4
2021	81.8	83
2022	81.2	83
2023	81.9	83.3
2024	82.1	83.4
2025	82.2	83.6

Finland and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Finland

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Finland	Sweden
1960	4,429,634	7,484,656
1961	4,461,005	7,519,998
1962	4,491,443	7,561,588
1963	4,523,309	7,604,328
1964	4,548,543	7,661,354
1965	4,563,732	7,733,853
1966	4,580,869	7,807,797
1967	4,605,744	7,867,931
1968	4,626,469	7,912,273
1969	4,623,785	7,968,072
1970	4,606,307	8,042,801
1971	4,612,124	8,098,334
1972	4,639,657	8,122,300
1973	4,666,081	8,136,312
1974	4,690,574	8,159,955
1975	4,711,440	8,192,437
1976	4,725,664	8,222,286
1977	4,738,902	8,251,540
1978	4,752,528	8,275,599
1979	4,764,690	8,293,678
1980	4,779,535	8,310,531
1981	4,799,964	8,320,503
1982	4,826,933	8,325,263
1983	4,855,787	8,329,033
1984	4,881,803	8,336,605
1985	4,902,206	8,350,386
1986	4,918,154	8,369,829
1987	4,932,123	8,397,804
1988	4,946,481	8,436,489
1989	4,964,371	8,492,964
1990	4,986,431	8,558,835
1991	5,013,740	8,617,375
1992	5,041,992	8,668,067
1993	5,066,447	8,718,561
1994	5,088,333	8,780,745
1995	5,107,790	8,826,939
1996	5,124,573	8,840,998
1997	5,139,835	8,846,062
1998	5,153,498	8,850,974
1999	5,165,474	8,857,874
2000	5,176,209	8,872,109
2001	5,188,008	8,895,960
2002	5,200,598	8,924,958
2003	5,213,014	8,958,229
2004	5,228,172	8,993,531
2005	5,246,096	9,029,572
2006	5,266,268	9,080,505
2007	5,288,720	9,148,092
2008	5,313,399	9,219,637
2009	5,338,871	9,298,515
2010	5,363,352	9,378,126
2011	5,388,272	9,449,213
2012	5,413,971	9,519,374
2013	5,438,972	9,600,379
2014	5,461,512	9,696,110
2015	5,479,531	9,799,186
2016	5,495,303	9,923,085
2017	5,508,214	10,057,698
2018	5,515,525	10,175,214
2019	5,521,606	10,278,887
2020	5,529,543	10,353,442
2021	5,541,017	10,415,811
2022	5,556,106	10,486,941
2023	5,583,911	10,536,632
2024	5,637,214	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Finland and Sweden

Fertility rate

Finland

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Finland	Sweden
1960	2.72	2.17
1961	2.72	2.21
1962	2.68	2.25
1963	2.68	2.33
1964	2.59	2.47
1965	2.48	2.39
1966	2.41	2.37
1967	2.32	2.28
1968	2.14	2.07
1969	1.93	1.93
1970	1.83	1.92
1971	1.68	1.96
1972	1.58	1.91
1973	1.49	1.87
1974	1.61	1.87
1975	1.68	1.77
1976	1.7	1.68
1977	1.68	1.64
1978	1.64	1.6
1979	1.64	1.66
1980	1.63	1.68
1981	1.64	1.63
1982	1.71	1.62
1983	1.74	1.61
1984	1.69	1.66
1985	1.64	1.74
1986	1.6	1.8
1987	1.59	1.84
1988	1.69	1.96
1989	1.71	2.01
1990	1.78	2.13
1991	1.79	2.11
1992	1.85	2.09
1993	1.81	1.99
1994	1.85	1.88
1995	1.81	1.73
1996	1.78	1.6
1997	1.75	1.52
1998	1.7	1.5
1999	1.73	1.5
2000	1.73	1.54
2001	1.73	1.57
2002	1.72	1.65
2003	1.76	1.71
2004	1.8	1.75
2005	1.8	1.77
2006	1.84	1.85
2007	1.83	1.88
2008	1.85	1.91
2009	1.86	1.94
2010	1.87	1.98
2011	1.83	1.9
2012	1.8	1.91
2013	1.75	1.89
2014	1.71	1.88
2015	1.65	1.85
2016	1.57	1.85
2017	1.49	1.78
2018	1.41	1.76
2019	1.35	1.71
2020	1.37	1.67
2021	1.46	1.67
2022	1.32	1.53
2023	1.26	1.45

Finland and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Finland

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Finland	Sweden
1960	28.4	36
1961	28.4	36.2
1962	28.5	36.3
1963	28.5	36.3
1964	28.6	36.3
1965	28.7	36.2
1966	28.8	36
1967	28.9	35.9
1968	29	35.8
1969	29.3	35.6
1970	29.6	35.4
1971	29.9	35.3
1972	30.1	35.3
1973	30.2	35.3
1974	30.4	35.3
1975	30.7	35.3
1976	31.2	35.4
1977	31.7	35.5
1978	32.1	35.7
1979	32.4	36
1980	32.8	36.2
1981	33.2	36.5
1982	33.5	36.8
1983	33.9	37.1
1984	34.3	37.4
1985	34.7	37.6
1986	35.1	37.9
1987	35.4	38.1
1988	35.8	38.2
1989	36.1	38.3
1990	36.4	38.3
1991	36.7	38.3
1992	37	38.4
1993	37.2	38.4
1994	37.5	38.4
1995	37.8	38.5
1996	38.1	38.6
1997	38.4	38.8
1998	38.7	39
1999	39	39.2
2000	39.4	39.4
2001	39.7	39.5
2002	40	39.7
2003	40.3	39.8
2004	40.6	40
2005	40.9	40.2
2006	41.2	40.4
2007	41.4	40.5
2008	41.6	40.6
2009	41.8	40.7
2010	41.9	40.7
2011	42.1	40.8
2012	42.2	40.9
2013	42.3	40.9
2014	42.4	40.9
2015	42.5	40.9
2016	42.6	40.8
2017	42.7	40.7
2018	42.8	40.6
2019	43	40.5
2020	43.2	40.6
2021	43.3	40.7
2022	43.5	40.7
2023	43.8	40.9
2024	44	41.1

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