Norway vs Sweden statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 62nd vs. 58th).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Norway and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Norway and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Norway

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	Sweden
1960	$5,197,398,721	$15,930,258,332
1961	$5,669,689,210	$17,329,819,494
1962	$6,107,076,929	$18,794,282,717
1963	$6,553,269,536	$20,342,365,392
1964	$7,206,522,122	$22,685,750,575
1965	$8,111,945,661	$24,964,233,891
1966	$8,753,940,267	$27,155,028,520
1967	$9,577,383,653	$29,475,219,787
1968	$10,227,087,165	$31,278,230,634
1969	$11,136,187,440	$33,967,691,454
1970	$12,814,123,115	$38,037,663,342
1971	$14,583,114,840	$41,506,627,519
1972	$17,358,610,850	$48,883,734,672
1973	$22,534,253,703	$59,319,523,962
1974	$27,145,693,810	$65,918,391,224
1975	$32,877,805,200	$82,766,182,746
1976	$35,942,270,686	$89,233,541,404
1977	$41,508,030,431	$94,332,865,494
1978	$46,522,900,254	$104,292,130,796
1979	$53,132,244,624	$123,208,942,175
1980	$64,439,382,896	$141,887,695,763
1981	$63,596,654,761	$129,500,408,224
1982	$62,647,195,538	$114,216,043,040
1983	$61,627,240,831	$104,863,313,508
1984	$62,057,955,033	$109,044,297,251
1985	$65,416,879,914	$113,959,392,485
1986	$78,693,118,044	$150,281,594,980
1987	$94,229,907,236	$182,746,413,791
1988	$101,900,260,856	$206,688,963,474
1989	$102,633,934,391	$217,634,838,449
1990	$119,791,843,060	$261,469,578,631
1991	$121,872,464,483	$273,834,608,020
1992	$130,838,040,068	$283,912,173,667
1993	$120,579,213,713	$212,647,043,708
1994	$127,131,319,429	$228,701,658,891
1995	$152,029,612,325	$267,052,836,695
1996	$163,520,109,151	$291,952,430,659
1997	$161,356,631,888	$268,251,974,486
1998	$154,230,295,158	$270,889,570,938
1999	$162,383,706,021	$274,320,415,376
2000	$171,457,201,936	$262,905,197,442
2001	$174,239,354,071	$242,499,249,693
2002	$195,914,852,576	$267,373,345,247
2003	$229,385,469,337	$334,074,051,173
2004	$265,268,662,473	$384,547,211,147
2005	$309,978,579,744	$391,690,329,314
2006	$346,915,160,682	$422,530,427,476
2007	$402,643,260,488	$490,050,156,833
2008	$464,917,553,191	$514,616,528,349
2009	$387,976,400,617	$434,313,804,907
2010	$431,052,143,940	$492,753,255,886
2011	$501,360,549,669	$570,541,353,129
2012	$512,777,309,841	$549,742,183,874
2013	$526,014,468,085	$584,128,116,410
2014	$501,736,471,833	$577,730,245,154
2015	$388,159,512,246	$501,698,263,621
2016	$370,956,547,619	$514,218,206,628
2017	$401,745,275,035	$536,083,940,229
2018	$439,788,625,884	$551,312,498,430
2019	$408,742,840,909	$532,169,294,166
2020	$367,633,418,887	$545,147,614,972
2021	$503,367,986,030	$637,186,904,844
2022	$596,297,651,036	$579,895,717,344
2023	$482,949,731,777	$585,489,968,189
2024	$483,727,398,216	$610,117,791,237

Norway and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	Sweden
1960	$1,451	$2,128
1961	$1,571	$2,304
1962	$1,678	$2,485
1963	$1,787	$2,675
1964	$1,951	$2,961
1965	$2,179	$3,228
1966	$2,333	$3,478
1967	$2,531	$3,746
1968	$2,680	$3,953
1969	$2,894	$4,263
1970	$3,306	$4,729
1971	$3,736	$5,125
1972	$4,414	$6,018
1973	$5,690	$7,291
1974	$6,812	$8,078
1975	$8,204	$10,103
1976	$8,927	$10,853
1977	$10,266	$11,432
1978	$11,463	$12,602
1979	$13,047	$14,856
1980	$15,772	$17,073
1981	$15,513	$15,564
1982	$15,225	$13,719
1983	$14,928	$12,590
1984	$14,989	$13,080
1985	$15,754	$13,647
1986	$18,883	$17,955
1987	$22,506	$21,761
1988	$24,207	$24,499
1989	$24,281	$25,625
1990	$28,243	$30,550
1991	$28,597	$31,777
1992	$30,524	$32,754
1993	$27,964	$24,390
1994	$29,316	$26,046
1995	$34,876	$30,254
1996	$37,322	$33,023
1997	$36,629	$30,324
1998	$34,803	$30,606
1999	$36,393	$30,969
2000	$38,178	$29,633
2001	$38,602	$27,259
2002	$43,171	$29,958
2003	$50,250	$37,292
2004	$57,769	$42,758
2005	$67,047	$43,379
2006	$74,434	$46,532
2007	$85,502	$53,569
2008	$97,504	$55,817
2009	$80,348	$46,708
2010	$88,163	$52,543
2011	$101,222	$60,380
2012	$102,176	$57,750
2013	$103,554	$60,844
2014	$97,667	$59,584
2015	$74,810	$51,198
2016	$70,867	$51,820
2017	$76,132	$53,301
2018	$82,793	$54,182
2019	$76,431	$51,773
2020	$68,340	$52,654
2021	$93,073	$61,175
2022	$109,270	$55,297
2023	$87,497	$55,567
2024	$86,810	$57,723

Norway vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	Sweden
1950	71.6	71.1
1951	72.5	71.4
1952	72.7	71.8
1953	73.1	71.9
1954	73.2	72.4
1955	73.4	72.6
1956	73.5	72.7
1957	73.4	72.5
1958	73.4	73.2
1959	73.6	73.4
1960	73.6	73
1961	73.6	73.5
1962	73.5	73.4
1963	73.1	73.5
1964	73.6	73.7
1965	73.7	73.9
1966	74	74.1
1967	74.1	74.1
1968	73.9	74
1969	73.7	74.1
1970	74.1	74.7
1971	74.2	74.6
1972	74.3	74.7
1973	74.4	74.9
1974	74.8	75
1975	74.8	75
1976	75	75
1977	75.4	75.4
1978	75.4	75.5
1979	75.4	75.5
1980	75.7	75.7
1981	75.9	76
1982	76	76.3
1983	76.1	76.6
1984	76.2	76.8
1985	75.9	76.7
1986	76.3	77
1987	76.1	77.1
1988	76.3	77
1989	76.5	77.7
1990	76.6	77.6
1991	77	77.7
1992	77.2	78.1
1993	77.2	78.1
1994	77.8	78.7
1995	77.8	78.8
1996	78.2	79
1997	78.2	79.3
1998	78.4	79.4
1999	78.4	79.5
2000	78.7	79.7
2001	78.9	79.8
2002	79	79.9
2003	79.5	80.2
2004	80	80.5
2005	80.2	80.6
2006	80.4	80.8
2007	80.5	81
2008	80.7	81.1
2009	80.9	81.4
2010	81	81.5
2011	81.2	81.8
2012	81.4	81.7
2013	81.7	81.9
2014	82.1	82.2
2015	82.3	82.2
2016	82.4	82.3
2017	82.6	82.4
2018	82.8	82.5
2019	83	83.1
2020	83.2	82.4
2021	83.2	83
2022	82.6	83
2023	83.3	83.3
2024	83.5	83.4
2025	83.6	83.6

Norway and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	Sweden
1960	3,581,239	7,484,656
1961	3,609,800	7,519,998
1962	3,638,918	7,561,588
1963	3,666,537	7,604,328
1964	3,694,339	7,661,354
1965	3,723,168	7,733,853
1966	3,753,012	7,807,797
1967	3,784,539	7,867,931
1968	3,816,486	7,912,273
1969	3,847,707	7,968,072
1970	3,875,763	8,042,801
1971	3,903,039	8,098,334
1972	3,933,004	8,122,300
1973	3,960,612	8,136,312
1974	3,985,258	8,159,955
1975	4,007,313	8,192,437
1976	4,026,152	8,222,286
1977	4,043,205	8,251,540
1978	4,058,671	8,275,599
1979	4,072,517	8,293,678
1980	4,085,620	8,310,531
1981	4,099,702	8,320,503
1982	4,114,787	8,325,263
1983	4,128,432	8,329,033
1984	4,140,099	8,336,605
1985	4,152,516	8,350,386
1986	4,167,354	8,369,829
1987	4,186,905	8,397,804
1988	4,209,488	8,436,489
1989	4,226,901	8,492,964
1990	4,241,473	8,558,835
1991	4,261,732	8,617,375
1992	4,286,401	8,668,067
1993	4,311,991	8,718,561
1994	4,336,613	8,780,745
1995	4,359,184	8,826,939
1996	4,381,336	8,840,998
1997	4,405,157	8,846,062
1998	4,431,464	8,850,974
1999	4,461,913	8,857,874
2000	4,490,967	8,872,109
2001	4,513,751	8,895,960
2002	4,538,159	8,924,958
2003	4,564,855	8,958,229
2004	4,591,910	8,993,531
2005	4,623,291	9,029,572
2006	4,660,677	9,080,505
2007	4,709,153	9,148,092
2008	4,768,212	9,219,637
2009	4,828,726	9,298,515
2010	4,889,252	9,378,126
2011	4,953,088	9,449,213
2012	5,018,573	9,519,374
2013	5,079,623	9,600,379
2014	5,137,232	9,696,110
2015	5,188,607	9,799,186
2016	5,234,519	9,923,085
2017	5,276,968	10,057,698
2018	5,311,916	10,175,214
2019	5,347,896	10,278,887
2020	5,379,475	10,353,442
2021	5,408,320	10,415,811
2022	5,457,127	10,486,941
2023	5,519,594	10,536,632
2024	5,572,272	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Norway and Sweden

Fertility rate

Norway

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	Sweden
1960	2.85	2.17
1961	2.94	2.21
1962	2.91	2.25
1963	2.93	2.33
1964	2.98	2.47
1965	2.94	2.39
1966	2.9	2.37
1967	2.81	2.28
1968	2.75	2.07
1969	2.7	1.93
1970	2.5	1.92
1971	2.49	1.96
1972	2.38	1.91
1973	2.23	1.87
1974	2.13	1.87
1975	1.98	1.77
1976	1.86	1.68
1977	1.75	1.64
1978	1.77	1.6
1979	1.75	1.66
1980	1.72	1.68
1981	1.7	1.63
1982	1.71	1.62
1983	1.66	1.61
1984	1.66	1.66
1985	1.68	1.74
1986	1.71	1.8
1987	1.74	1.84
1988	1.84	1.96
1989	1.89	2.01
1990	1.93	2.13
1991	1.92	2.11
1992	1.88	2.09
1993	1.86	1.99
1994	1.87	1.88
1995	1.87	1.73
1996	1.89	1.6
1997	1.86	1.52
1998	1.81	1.5
1999	1.85	1.5
2000	1.85	1.54
2001	1.78	1.57
2002	1.75	1.65
2003	1.8	1.71
2004	1.83	1.75
2005	1.84	1.77
2006	1.9	1.85
2007	1.9	1.88
2008	1.96	1.91
2009	1.98	1.94
2010	1.95	1.98
2011	1.88	1.9
2012	1.85	1.91
2013	1.78	1.89
2014	1.75	1.88
2015	1.72	1.85
2016	1.71	1.85
2017	1.62	1.78
2018	1.56	1.76
2019	1.53	1.71
2020	1.48	1.67
2021	1.55	1.67
2022	1.41	1.53
2023	1.4	1.45

Norway and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Norway

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	Sweden
1960	34.3	36
1961	34.4	36.2
1962	34.4	36.3
1963	34.3	36.3
1964	34.2	36.3
1965	34.1	36.2
1966	33.9	36
1967	33.7	35.9
1968	33.5	35.8
1969	33.2	35.6
1970	32.9	35.4
1971	32.7	35.3
1972	32.5	35.3
1973	32.4	35.3
1974	32.4	35.3
1975	32.5	35.3
1976	32.6	35.4
1977	32.7	35.5
1978	32.9	35.7
1979	33.1	36
1980	33.3	36.2
1981	33.6	36.5
1982	33.9	36.8
1983	34.1	37.1
1984	34.4	37.4
1985	34.6	37.6
1986	34.8	37.9
1987	34.9	38.1
1988	35.1	38.2
1989	35.2	38.3
1990	35.4	38.3
1991	35.5	38.3
1992	35.7	38.4
1993	35.8	38.4
1994	35.9	38.4
1995	36.1	38.5
1996	36.2	38.6
1997	36.4	38.8
1998	36.5	39
1999	36.7	39.2
2000	36.9	39.4
2001	37.1	39.5
2002	37.3	39.7
2003	37.5	39.8
2004	37.7	40
2005	37.9	40.2
2006	38.1	40.4
2007	38.3	40.5
2008	38.4	40.6
2009	38.5	40.7
2010	38.6	40.7
2011	38.7	40.8
2012	38.8	40.9
2013	38.9	40.9
2014	39	40.9
2015	39.2	40.9
2016	39.3	40.8
2017	39.4	40.7
2018	39.6	40.6
2019	39.8	40.5
2020	40	40.6
2021	40.3	40.7
2022	40.4	40.7
2023	40.5	40.9
2024	40.7	41.1

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