Netherlands vs Sweden statistics compared

The Netherlands has a population of 18M (ranked 72/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). The Netherlands' land area is 13,000 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 134th vs. 58th).

By GDP, The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Netherlands and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Netherlands and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Netherlands

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Netherlands	Sweden
1960	$13,282,979,015	$15,930,258,332
1961	$14,599,836,396	$17,329,819,494
1962	$15,847,582,341	$18,794,282,717
1963	$17,193,744,109	$20,342,365,392
1964	$20,232,048,553	$22,685,750,575
1965	$22,721,869,808	$24,964,233,891
1966	$24,741,480,717	$27,155,028,520
1967	$27,143,828,099	$29,475,219,787
1968	$30,097,635,751	$31,278,230,634
1969	$34,086,038,090	$33,967,691,454
1970	$38,220,884,519	$38,037,663,342
1971	$44,644,730,576	$41,506,627,519
1972	$54,787,070,173	$48,883,734,672
1973	$71,946,639,603	$59,319,523,962
1974	$87,371,810,804	$65,918,391,224
1975	$100,397,061,694	$82,766,182,746
1976	$109,329,386,564	$89,233,541,404
1977	$127,203,923,857	$94,332,865,494
1978	$156,089,077,205	$104,292,130,796
1979	$179,933,827,310	$123,208,942,175
1980	$195,439,301,707	$141,887,695,763
1981	$164,375,775,854	$129,500,408,224
1982	$158,712,765,536	$114,216,043,040
1983	$153,671,294,109	$104,863,313,508
1984	$144,124,462,912	$109,044,297,251
1985	$144,057,523,222	$113,959,392,485
1986	$201,157,708,221	$150,281,594,980
1987	$245,406,949,521	$182,746,413,791
1988	$262,295,966,105	$206,688,963,474
1989	$258,716,904,292	$217,634,838,449
1990	$318,799,003,994	$261,469,578,631
1991	$327,982,316,124	$273,834,608,020
1992	$363,497,050,125	$283,912,173,667
1993	$354,070,495,966	$212,647,043,708
1994	$379,688,232,232	$228,701,658,891
1995	$452,967,334,614	$267,052,836,695
1996	$451,372,549,020	$291,952,430,659
1997	$417,506,211,882	$268,251,974,486
1998	$438,612,530,549	$270,889,570,938
1999	$447,778,514,140	$274,320,415,376
2000	$417,649,282,154	$262,905,197,442
2001	$432,536,219,669	$242,499,249,693
2002	$475,529,972,123	$267,373,345,247
2003	$582,435,617,082	$334,074,051,173
2004	$661,224,886,143	$384,547,211,147
2005	$688,133,699,636	$391,690,329,314
2006	$737,593,995,289	$422,530,427,476
2007	$853,499,460,873	$490,050,156,833
2008	$957,901,566,041	$514,616,528,349
2009	$878,954,223,140	$434,313,804,907
2010	$852,464,982,433	$492,753,255,886
2011	$913,140,741,333	$570,541,353,129
2012	$845,689,017,066	$549,742,183,874
2013	$883,951,539,007	$584,128,116,410
2014	$901,556,501,756	$577,730,245,154
2015	$775,743,675,303	$501,698,263,621
2016	$797,163,949,290	$514,218,206,628
2017	$848,233,537,846	$536,083,940,229
2018	$929,733,599,797	$551,312,498,430
2019	$928,903,005,576	$532,169,294,166
2020	$932,560,861,701	$545,147,614,972
2021	$1,054,472,123,450	$637,186,904,844
2022	$1,046,540,797,549	$579,895,717,344
2023	$1,154,361,305,398	$585,489,968,189
2024	$1,227,543,925,316	$610,117,791,237

Netherlands and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Netherlands

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Netherlands	Sweden
1960	$1,156	$2,128
1961	$1,254	$2,304
1962	$1,342	$2,485
1963	$1,437	$2,675
1964	$1,668	$2,961
1965	$1,848	$3,228
1966	$1,986	$3,478
1967	$2,155	$3,746
1968	$2,364	$3,953
1969	$2,647	$4,263
1970	$2,931	$4,729
1971	$3,384	$5,125
1972	$4,110	$6,018
1973	$5,353	$7,291
1974	$6,450	$8,078
1975	$7,346	$10,103
1976	$7,937	$10,853
1977	$9,180	$11,432
1978	$11,196	$12,602
1979	$12,817	$14,856
1980	$13,812	$17,073
1981	$11,537	$15,564
1982	$11,089	$13,719
1983	$10,696	$12,590
1984	$9,992	$13,080
1985	$9,941	$13,647
1986	$13,804	$17,955
1987	$16,734	$21,761
1988	$17,771	$24,499
1989	$17,423	$25,625
1990	$21,322	$30,550
1991	$21,764	$31,777
1992	$23,939	$32,754
1993	$23,156	$24,390
1994	$24,683	$26,046
1995	$29,301	$30,254
1996	$29,064	$33,023
1997	$26,745	$30,324
1998	$27,924	$30,606
1999	$28,319	$30,969
2000	$26,225	$29,633
2001	$26,956	$27,259
2002	$29,447	$29,958
2003	$35,897	$37,292
2004	$40,611	$42,758
2005	$42,165	$43,379
2006	$45,124	$46,532
2007	$52,101	$53,569
2008	$58,247	$55,817
2009	$53,172	$46,708
2010	$51,306	$52,543
2011	$54,702	$60,380
2012	$50,474	$57,750
2013	$52,602	$60,844
2014	$53,457	$59,584
2015	$45,794	$51,198
2016	$46,809	$51,820
2017	$49,514	$53,301
2018	$53,955	$54,182
2019	$53,555	$51,773
2020	$53,468	$52,654
2021	$60,142	$61,175
2022	$59,123	$55,297
2023	$64,572	$55,567
2024	$68,219	$57,723

Netherlands vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Netherlands

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Netherlands	Sweden
1950	71.4	71.1
1951	71.5	71.4
1952	72.1	71.8
1953	71.7	71.9
1954	72.4	72.4
1955	72.5	72.6
1956	72.5	72.7
1957	73	72.5
1958	73.1	73.2
1959	73.2	73.4
1960	73.4	73
1961	73.6	73.5
1962	73.2	73.4
1963	73.4	73.5
1964	73.7	73.7
1965	73.6	73.9
1966	73.6	74.1
1967	73.8	74.1
1968	73.6	74
1969	73.6	74.1
1970	73.6	74.7
1971	73.9	74.6
1972	73.8	74.7
1973	74.2	74.9
1974	74.6	75
1975	74.6	75
1976	74.7	75
1977	75.3	75.4
1978	75.2	75.5
1979	75.6	75.5
1980	75.8	75.7
1981	76	76
1982	76.1	76.3
1983	76.3	76.6
1984	76.3	76.8
1985	76.4	76.7
1986	76.4	77
1987	76.8	77.1
1988	77	77
1989	76.8	77.7
1990	77	77.6
1991	77.2	77.7
1992	77.4	78.1
1993	77	78.1
1994	77.5	78.7
1995	77.6	78.8
1996	77.6	79
1997	77.9	79.3
1998	78	79.4
1999	78	79.5
2000	78.1	79.7
2001	78.3	79.8
2002	78.4	79.9
2003	78.7	80.2
2004	79.2	80.5
2005	79.5	80.6
2006	79.8	80.8
2007	80.3	81
2008	80.4	81.1
2009	80.7	81.4
2010	80.8	81.5
2011	81.1	81.8
2012	81.1	81.7
2013	81.3	81.9
2014	81.7	82.2
2015	81.5	82.2
2016	81.6	82.3
2017	81.7	82.4
2018	81.8	82.5
2019	82.1	83.1
2020	81.4	82.4
2021	81.4	83
2022	81.9	83
2023	82.2	83.3
2024	82.3	83.4
2025	82.4	83.6

Netherlands and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Netherlands

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Netherlands	Sweden
1960	11,486,631	7,484,656
1961	11,638,712	7,519,998
1962	11,805,689	7,561,588
1963	11,965,966	7,604,328
1964	12,127,120	7,661,354
1965	12,294,732	7,733,853
1966	12,456,251	7,807,797
1967	12,598,201	7,867,931
1968	12,729,721	7,912,273
1969	12,877,984	7,968,072
1970	13,038,526	8,042,801
1971	13,194,497	8,098,334
1972	13,328,593	8,122,300
1973	13,439,322	8,136,312
1974	13,545,056	8,159,955
1975	13,666,335	8,192,437
1976	13,774,037	8,222,286
1977	13,856,185	8,251,540
1978	13,941,700	8,275,599
1979	14,038,270	8,293,678
1980	14,149,800	8,310,531
1981	14,247,208	8,320,503
1982	14,312,690	8,325,263
1983	14,367,070	8,329,033
1984	14,424,211	8,336,605
1985	14,491,632	8,350,386
1986	14,572,278	8,369,829
1987	14,665,037	8,397,804
1988	14,760,094	8,436,489
1989	14,848,907	8,492,964
1990	14,951,510	8,558,835
1991	15,069,798	8,617,375
1992	15,184,166	8,668,067
1993	15,290,368	8,718,561
1994	15,382,838	8,780,745
1995	15,459,006	8,826,939
1996	15,530,498	8,840,998
1997	15,610,650	8,846,062
1998	15,707,209	8,850,974
1999	15,812,088	8,857,874
2000	15,925,513	8,872,109
2001	16,046,180	8,895,960
2002	16,148,929	8,924,958
2003	16,225,302	8,958,229
2004	16,281,779	8,993,531
2005	16,319,868	9,029,572
2006	16,346,101	9,080,505
2007	16,381,696	9,148,092
2008	16,445,593	9,219,637
2009	16,530,388	9,298,515
2010	16,615,394	9,378,126
2011	16,693,074	9,449,213
2012	16,754,962	9,519,374
2013	16,804,432	9,600,379
2014	16,865,008	9,696,110
2015	16,939,923	9,799,186
2016	17,030,314	9,923,085
2017	17,131,296	10,057,698
2018	17,231,624	10,175,214
2019	17,344,874	10,278,887
2020	17,441,500	10,353,442
2021	17,533,044	10,415,811
2022	17,700,982	10,486,941
2023	17,877,117	10,536,632
2024	17,994,237	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Netherlands and Sweden

Fertility rate

Netherlands

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Netherlands	Sweden
1960	3.12	2.17
1961	3.22	2.21
1962	3.18	2.25
1963	3.19	2.33
1964	3.17	2.47
1965	3.04	2.39
1966	2.9	2.37
1967	2.81	2.28
1968	2.72	2.07
1969	2.75	1.93
1970	2.57	1.92
1971	2.36	1.96
1972	2.15	1.91
1973	1.9	1.87
1974	1.77	1.87
1975	1.66	1.77
1976	1.63	1.68
1977	1.58	1.64
1978	1.58	1.6
1979	1.56	1.66
1980	1.6	1.68
1981	1.56	1.63
1982	1.5	1.62
1983	1.47	1.61
1984	1.49	1.66
1985	1.51	1.74
1986	1.55	1.8
1987	1.56	1.84
1988	1.55	1.96
1989	1.55	2.01
1990	1.62	2.13
1991	1.61	2.11
1992	1.59	2.09
1993	1.57	1.99
1994	1.57	1.88
1995	1.53	1.73
1996	1.53	1.6
1997	1.56	1.52
1998	1.63	1.5
1999	1.65	1.5
2000	1.72	1.54
2001	1.71	1.57
2002	1.73	1.65
2003	1.75	1.71
2004	1.72	1.75
2005	1.71	1.77
2006	1.72	1.85
2007	1.72	1.88
2008	1.77	1.91
2009	1.79	1.94
2010	1.79	1.98
2011	1.76	1.9
2012	1.72	1.91
2013	1.68	1.89
2014	1.71	1.88
2015	1.66	1.85
2016	1.66	1.85
2017	1.62	1.78
2018	1.59	1.76
2019	1.57	1.71
2020	1.54	1.67
2021	1.62	1.67
2022	1.49	1.53
2023	1.43	1.45

Netherlands and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Netherlands

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Netherlands	Sweden
1960	28.8	36
1961	28.8	36.2
1962	28.7	36.3
1963	28.7	36.3
1964	28.6	36.3
1965	28.6	36.2
1966	28.6	36
1967	28.5	35.9
1968	28.6	35.8
1969	28.6	35.6
1970	28.6	35.4
1971	28.7	35.3
1972	28.9	35.3
1973	29	35.3
1974	29.3	35.3
1975	29.4	35.3
1976	29.8	35.4
1977	30.3	35.5
1978	30.7	35.7
1979	31	36
1980	31.3	36.2
1981	31.6	36.5
1982	31.9	36.8
1983	32.3	37.1
1984	32.6	37.4
1985	32.9	37.6
1986	33.2	37.9
1987	33.5	38.1
1988	33.8	38.2
1989	34.1	38.3
1990	34.3	38.3
1991	34.6	38.3
1992	34.8	38.4
1993	35.1	38.4
1994	35.4	38.4
1995	35.7	38.5
1996	36.1	38.6
1997	36.4	38.8
1998	36.7	39
1999	37	39.2
2000	37.3	39.4
2001	37.5	39.5
2002	37.8	39.7
2003	38.1	39.8
2004	38.5	40
2005	38.9	40.2
2006	39.3	40.4
2007	39.7	40.5
2008	40	40.6
2009	40.3	40.7
2010	40.7	40.7
2011	41	40.8
2012	41.3	40.9
2013	41.6	40.9
2014	41.8	40.9
2015	42	40.9
2016	42.2	40.8
2017	42.3	40.7
2018	42.4	40.6
2019	42.5	40.5
2020	42.5	40.6
2021	42.6	40.7
2022	42.5	40.7
2023	42.4	40.9
2024	42.4	41.1

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