New Zealand vs Sweden statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 74th vs. 58th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

New Zealand and Sweden: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Sweden economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	Sweden
1960	$5,536,098,360	$15,930,258,332
1961	$5,721,994,864	$17,329,819,494
1962	$6,133,158,532	$18,794,282,717
1963	$6,699,741,645	$20,342,365,392
1964	$7,340,766,415	$22,685,750,575
1965	$5,706,251,400	$24,964,233,891
1966	$5,917,437,693	$27,155,028,520
1967	$6,016,017,227	$29,475,219,787
1968	$5,228,045,415	$31,278,230,634
1969	$5,814,357,709	$33,967,691,454
1970	$6,495,605,331	$38,037,663,342
1971	$7,911,136,757	$41,506,627,519
1972	$9,567,331,065	$48,883,734,672
1973	$12,802,281,898	$59,319,523,962
1974	$13,940,981,798	$65,918,391,224
1975	$12,861,983,284	$82,766,182,746
1976	$13,604,832,424	$89,233,541,404
1977	$15,446,825,318	$94,332,865,494
1978	$18,530,518,395	$104,292,130,796
1979	$20,731,243,113	$123,208,942,175
1980	$23,244,547,385	$141,887,695,763
1981	$24,417,617,184	$129,500,408,224
1982	$24,164,603,059	$114,216,043,040
1983	$24,309,279,706	$104,863,313,508
1984	$21,665,975,319	$109,044,297,251
1985	$24,679,795,396	$113,959,392,485
1986	$30,604,668,357	$150,281,594,980
1987	$40,376,354,070	$182,746,413,791
1988	$45,176,811,594	$206,688,963,474
1989	$43,920,222,525	$217,634,838,449
1990	$45,495,129,385	$261,469,578,631
1991	$42,745,329,732	$273,834,608,020
1992	$41,649,829,860	$283,912,173,667
1993	$46,775,620,817	$212,647,043,708
1994	$55,314,732,279	$228,701,658,891
1995	$63,918,703,507	$267,052,836,695
1996	$70,140,835,299	$291,952,430,659
1997	$66,075,143,415	$268,251,974,486
1998	$56,227,169,851	$270,889,570,938
1999	$58,762,260,626	$274,320,415,376
2000	$52,623,281,957	$262,905,197,442
2001	$53,872,425,917	$242,499,249,693
2002	$66,627,729,311	$267,373,345,247
2003	$88,250,885,550	$334,074,051,173
2004	$103,905,210,084	$384,547,211,147
2005	$114,720,129,550	$391,690,329,314
2006	$111,538,810,713	$422,530,427,476
2007	$137,188,946,866	$490,050,156,833
2008	$133,437,126,590	$514,616,528,349
2009	$121,663,439,315	$434,313,804,907
2010	$146,887,902,524	$492,753,255,886
2011	$168,484,908,960	$570,541,353,129
2012	$176,560,711,239	$549,742,183,874
2013	$191,012,364,177	$584,128,116,410
2014	$201,518,402,787	$577,730,245,154
2015	$178,224,167,088	$501,698,263,621
2016	$189,100,085,275	$514,218,206,628
2017	$206,745,969,246	$536,083,940,229
2018	$211,985,631,173	$551,312,498,430
2019	$213,006,341,102	$532,169,294,166
2020	$213,029,554,654	$545,147,614,972
2021	$253,977,931,815	$637,186,904,844
2022	$249,509,991,440	$579,895,717,344
2023	$255,194,972,673	$585,489,968,189
2024	$260,235,932,559	$610,117,791,237

New Zealand and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	Sweden
1960	$2,334	$2,128
1961	$2,365	$2,304
1962	$2,471	$2,485
1963	$2,646	$2,675
1964	$2,839	$2,961
1965	$2,171	$3,228
1966	$2,211	$3,478
1967	$2,208	$3,746
1968	$1,902	$3,953
1969	$2,097	$4,263
1970	$2,311	$4,729
1971	$2,773	$5,125
1972	$3,295	$6,018
1973	$4,323	$7,291
1974	$4,611	$8,078
1975	$4,172	$10,103
1976	$4,374	$10,853
1977	$4,951	$11,432
1978	$5,937	$12,602
1979	$6,668	$14,856
1980	$7,467	$17,073
1981	$7,814	$15,564
1982	$7,656	$13,719
1983	$7,598	$12,590
1984	$6,714	$13,080
1985	$7,601	$13,647
1986	$9,428	$17,955
1987	$12,331	$21,761
1988	$13,759	$24,499
1989	$13,312	$25,625
1990	$13,663	$30,550
1991	$12,230	$31,777
1992	$11,793	$32,754
1993	$13,094	$24,390
1994	$15,280	$26,046
1995	$17,400	$30,254
1996	$18,794	$33,023
1997	$17,474	$30,324
1998	$14,738	$30,606
1999	$15,322	$30,969
2000	$13,641	$29,633
2001	$13,883	$27,259
2002	$16,874	$29,958
2003	$21,914	$37,292
2004	$25,420	$42,758
2005	$27,751	$43,379
2006	$26,655	$46,532
2007	$32,480	$53,569
2008	$31,325	$55,817
2009	$28,277	$46,708
2010	$33,762	$52,543
2011	$38,432	$60,380
2012	$40,054	$57,750
2013	$43,000	$60,844
2014	$44,618	$59,584
2015	$38,665	$51,198
2016	$40,114	$51,820
2017	$42,950	$53,301
2018	$43,257	$54,182
2019	$42,779	$51,773
2020	$41,851	$52,654
2021	$49,689	$61,175
2022	$48,760	$55,297
2023	$48,655	$55,567
2024	$48,747	$57,723

New Zealand vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	Sweden
1950	69.3	71.1
1951	69.1	71.4
1952	69.4	71.8
1953	70.2	71.9
1954	70.3	72.4
1955	70.5	72.6
1956	70.7	72.7
1957	70.3	72.5
1958	70.9	73.2
1959	70.8	73.4
1960	71.2	73
1961	70.9	73.5
1962	71.2	73.4
1963	71.3	73.5
1964	71.3	73.7
1965	71.2	73.9
1966	71.1	74.1
1967	71.4	74.1
1968	71.1	74
1969	71.5	74.1
1970	71.2	74.7
1971	71.7	74.6
1972	71.8	74.7
1973	71.7	74.9
1974	71.9	75
1975	72.2	75
1976	72.4	75
1977	72.1	75.4
1978	73	75.5
1979	73.1	75.5
1980	72.9	75.7
1981	73.6	76
1982	73.7	76.3
1983	73.8	76.6
1984	74.4	76.8
1985	73.9	76.7
1986	74.1	77
1987	74.2	77.1
1988	74.5	77
1989	74.9	77.7
1990	75.4	77.6
1991	76.1	77.7
1992	76.2	78.1
1993	76.5	78.1
1994	76.9	78.7
1995	76.8	78.8
1996	76.8	79
1997	77.3	79.3
1998	78.2	79.4
1999	77.9	79.5
2000	78.7	79.7
2001	78.7	79.8
2002	78.9	79.9
2003	79.1	80.2
2004	79.4	80.5
2005	80	80.6
2006	80	80.8
2007	80.1	81
2008	80.2	81.1
2009	80.5	81.4
2010	81.1	81.5
2011	80.8	81.8
2012	81.2	81.7
2013	81.6	81.9
2014	81.4	82.2
2015	81.6	82.2
2016	82	82.3
2017	81.6	82.4
2018	81.9	82.5
2019	81.8	83.1
2020	82.7	82.4
2021	82.3	83
2022	81	83
2023	82.1	83.3
2024	82.2	83.4
2025	82.4	83.6

New Zealand and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	Sweden
1960	2,371,800	7,484,656
1961	2,419,700	7,519,998
1962	2,482,000	7,561,588
1963	2,531,800	7,604,328
1964	2,585,400	7,661,354
1965	2,628,400	7,733,853
1966	2,675,900	7,807,797
1967	2,724,100	7,867,931
1968	2,748,100	7,912,273
1969	2,772,800	7,968,072
1970	2,810,700	8,042,801
1971	2,853,000	8,098,334
1972	2,903,900	8,122,300
1973	2,961,300	8,136,312
1974	3,023,700	8,159,955
1975	3,083,100	8,192,437
1976	3,110,500	8,222,286
1977	3,120,200	8,251,540
1978	3,121,200	8,275,599
1979	3,109,000	8,293,678
1980	3,112,900	8,310,531
1981	3,124,900	8,320,503
1982	3,156,100	8,325,263
1983	3,199,300	8,329,033
1984	3,227,100	8,336,605
1985	3,247,100	8,350,386
1986	3,246,300	8,369,829
1987	3,274,400	8,397,804
1988	3,283,400	8,436,489
1989	3,299,200	8,492,964
1990	3,329,800	8,558,835
1991	3,495,100	8,617,375
1992	3,531,700	8,668,067
1993	3,572,200	8,718,561
1994	3,620,000	8,780,745
1995	3,673,400	8,826,939
1996	3,732,000	8,840,998
1997	3,781,300	8,846,062
1998	3,815,000	8,850,974
1999	3,835,100	8,857,874
2000	3,857,700	8,872,109
2001	3,880,500	8,895,960
2002	3,948,500	8,924,958
2003	4,027,200	8,958,229
2004	4,087,500	8,993,531
2005	4,133,900	9,029,572
2006	4,184,600	9,080,505
2007	4,223,800	9,148,092
2008	4,259,800	9,219,637
2009	4,302,600	9,298,515
2010	4,350,700	9,378,126
2011	4,384,000	9,449,213
2012	4,408,100	9,519,374
2013	4,442,100	9,600,379
2014	4,516,500	9,696,110
2015	4,609,400	9,799,186
2016	4,714,100	9,923,085
2017	4,813,600	10,057,698
2018	4,900,600	10,175,214
2019	4,979,200	10,278,887
2020	5,090,200	10,353,442
2021	5,111,300	10,415,811
2022	5,117,100	10,486,941
2023	5,245,000	10,536,632
2024	5,338,500	10,569,709

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Sweden

Fertility rate

New Zealand

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	Sweden
1960	4.24	2.17
1961	4.31	2.21
1962	4.19	2.25
1963	4.05	2.33
1964	3.8	2.47
1965	3.54	2.39
1966	3.41	2.37
1967	3.35	2.28
1968	3.34	2.07
1969	3.28	1.93
1970	3.17	1.92
1971	3.18	1.96
1972	3	1.91
1973	2.76	1.87
1974	2.58	1.87
1975	2.37	1.77
1976	2.27	1.68
1977	2.21	1.64
1978	2.07	1.6
1979	2.12	1.66
1980	2.03	1.68
1981	2.01	1.63
1982	1.95	1.62
1983	1.92	1.61
1984	1.93	1.66
1985	1.93	1.74
1986	1.96	1.8
1987	2.03	1.84
1988	2.1	1.96
1989	2.12	2.01
1990	2.18	2.13
1991	2.09	2.11
1992	2.06	2.09
1993	2.04	1.99
1994	1.98	1.88
1995	1.98	1.73
1996	1.96	1.6
1997	1.96	1.52
1998	1.89	1.5
1999	1.97	1.5
2000	1.98	1.54
2001	1.97	1.57
2002	1.89	1.65
2003	1.93	1.71
2004	1.98	1.75
2005	1.97	1.77
2006	2.01	1.85
2007	2.18	1.88
2008	2.19	1.91
2009	2.13	1.94
2010	2.17	1.98
2011	2.09	1.9
2012	2.1	1.91
2013	2.01	1.89
2014	1.92	1.88
2015	1.99	1.85
2016	1.87	1.85
2017	1.81	1.78
2018	1.71	1.76
2019	1.72	1.71
2020	1.61	1.67
2021	1.64	1.67
2022	1.66	1.53
2023	1.56	1.45

New Zealand and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	Sweden
1960	27.5	36
1961	27.1	36.2
1962	26.8	36.3
1963	26.4	36.3
1964	26.2	36.3
1965	26	36.2
1966	25.9	36
1967	25.8	35.9
1968	25.7	35.8
1969	25.7	35.6
1970	25.6	35.4
1971	25.7	35.3
1972	25.9	35.3
1973	26	35.3
1974	26.2	35.3
1975	26.3	35.3
1976	26.5	35.4
1977	26.8	35.5
1978	27.1	35.7
1979	27.5	36
1980	27.9	36.2
1981	28.2	36.5
1982	28.5	36.8
1983	28.8	37.1
1984	29.1	37.4
1985	29.4	37.6
1986	29.8	37.9
1987	30.1	38.1
1988	30.4	38.2
1989	30.8	38.3
1990	31.1	38.3
1991	31.4	38.3
1992	31.7	38.4
1993	32	38.4
1994	32.3	38.4
1995	32.6	38.5
1996	32.8	38.6
1997	33.2	38.8
1998	33.6	39
1999	34	39.2
2000	34.3	39.4
2001	34.6	39.5
2002	34.8	39.7
2003	35	39.8
2004	35.2	40
2005	35.5	40.2
2006	35.8	40.4
2007	36.1	40.5
2008	36.4	40.6
2009	36.6	40.7
2010	36.8	40.7
2011	37	40.8
2012	37.2	40.9
2013	37.4	40.9
2014	37.5	40.9
2015	37.4	40.9
2016	37.3	40.8
2017	37.2	40.7
2018	37.3	40.6
2019	37.3	40.5
2020	37.5	40.6
2021	37.8	40.7
2022	38.1	40.7
2023	38.3	40.9
2024	38.6	41.1

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