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Russia vs Sweden statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Russia has a population of 144M (ranked 9/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Russia's land area is 6,323,145 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 1st vs. 58th).

By GDP, Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Main facts and rankings

Russia Sweden
Population
142718132
10654722
Population rank 9/197 93/197
GDP
$2.17T
2024
$610B
2024
GDP rank 11/197 25/197
GDP per capita
$15,145
2024
$57,723
2024
GDP per capita rank 69/197 15/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$47,405
2024
$71,030
2024
Government debt
$441B
2024
$199B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
21.4%
2025
33.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,075
2024
$18,842
2024
Government debt per person rank 98/185 32/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,262
2025
$40,075
2025
Land area
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
157,248 sq mi
2025
Population density
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
67.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.41
2023
1.45
2023
Median age
40.9 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Russia and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Russia and Sweden economies compared

GDP
Russia

Sweden
Year GDP
Russia 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 - $38,037,663,342
1971 - $41,506,627,519
1972 - $48,883,734,672
1973 - $59,319,523,962
1974 - $65,918,391,224
1975 - $82,766,182,746
1976 - $89,233,541,404
1977 - $94,332,865,494
1978 - $104,292,130,796
1979 - $123,208,942,175
1980 - $141,887,695,763
1981 - $129,500,408,224
1982 - $114,216,043,040
1983 - $104,863,313,508
1984 - $109,044,297,251
1985 - $113,959,392,485
1986 - $150,281,594,980
1987 - $182,746,413,791
1988 $554,828,660,436 $206,688,963,474
1989 $506,631,299,735 $217,634,838,449
1990 $517,014,446,228 $261,469,578,631
1991 $517,962,962,963 $273,834,608,020
1992 $460,290,556,901 $283,912,173,667
1993 $435,083,713,851 $212,647,043,708
1994 $395,077,301,248 $228,701,658,891
1995 $395,537,185,735 $267,052,836,695
1996 $391,724,890,744 $291,952,430,659
1997 $404,928,954,192 $268,251,974,486
1998 $270,955,486,862 $270,889,570,938
1999 $195,907,128,351 $274,320,415,376
2000 $259,710,142,197 $262,905,197,442
2001 $306,602,070,621 $242,499,249,693
2002 $345,470,494,418 $267,373,345,247
2003 $430,347,420,185 $334,074,051,173
2004 $591,016,690,732 $384,547,211,147
2005 $764,015,973,481 $391,690,329,314
2006 $989,932,071,353 $422,530,427,476
2007 $1,299,703,478,482 $490,050,156,833
2008 $1,660,848,058,303 $514,616,528,349
2009 $1,222,645,900,056 $434,313,804,907
2010 $1,524,916,715,224 $492,753,255,886
2011 $2,045,922,753,398 $570,541,353,129
2012 $2,208,293,553,878 $549,742,183,874
2013 $2,292,470,078,346 $584,128,116,410
2014 $2,059,241,589,895 $577,730,245,154
2015 $1,363,482,182,198 $501,698,263,621
2016 $1,276,786,350,881 $514,218,206,628
2017 $1,574,199,360,089 $536,083,940,229
2018 $1,657,328,773,461 $551,312,498,430
2019 $1,693,115,002,708 $532,169,294,166
2020 $1,493,075,894,362 $545,147,614,972
2021 $1,829,186,719,575 $637,186,904,844
2022 $2,291,612,121,335 $579,895,717,344
2023 $2,071,505,725,031 $585,489,968,189
2024 $2,173,835,806,672 $610,117,791,237

Russia and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita
Russia

Sweden
Year GDP per capita
Russia 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 - $4,729
1971 - $5,125
1972 - $6,018
1973 - $7,291
1974 - $8,078
1975 - $10,103
1976 - $10,853
1977 - $11,432
1978 - $12,602
1979 - $14,856
1980 - $17,073
1981 - $15,564
1982 - $13,719
1983 - $12,590
1984 - $13,080
1985 - $13,647
1986 - $17,955
1987 - $21,761
1988 $3,778 $24,499
1989 $3,430 $25,625
1990 $3,494 $30,550
1991 $3,490 $31,777
1992 $3,099 $32,754
1993 $2,931 $24,390
1994 $2,662 $26,046
1995 $2,666 $30,254
1996 $2,644 $33,023
1997 $2,738 $30,324
1998 $1,835 $30,606
1999 $1,331 $30,969
2000 $1,772 $29,633
2001 $2,100 $27,259
2002 $2,378 $29,958
2003 $2,975 $37,292
2004 $4,102 $42,758
2005 $5,323 $43,379
2006 $6,920 $46,532
2007 $9,101 $53,569
2008 $11,635 $55,817
2009 $8,563 $46,708
2010 $10,675 $52,543
2011 $14,305 $60,380
2012 $15,402 $57,750
2013 $15,941 $60,844
2014 $14,277 $59,584
2015 $9,427 $51,198
2016 $8,804 $51,820
2017 $10,835 $53,301
2018 $11,399 $54,182
2019 $11,640 $51,773
2020 $10,280 $52,654
2021 $12,637 $61,175
2022 $15,888 $55,297
2023 $14,403 $55,567
2024 $15,145 $57,723

Russia vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Russia

Sweden
Year Life expectancy, years
Russia Sweden
1950 55.5 71.1
1951 55.3 71.4
1952 57.6 71.8
1953 58.8 71.9
1954 59.9 72.4
1955 62.1 72.6
1956 66.5 72.7
1957 66 72.5
1958 67.7 73.2
1959 67.4 73.4
1960 68.3 73
1961 68.6 73.5
1962 68.5 73.4
1963 69.1 73.5
1964 69.5 73.7
1965 69.3 73.9
1966 69.4 74.1
1967 69.2 74.1
1968 69.1 74
1969 68.6 74.1
1970 68.7 74.7
1971 68.9 74.6
1972 68.8 74.7
1973 68.9 74.9
1974 68.7 75
1975 68.3 75
1976 68.1 75
1977 67.9 75.4
1978 67.8 75.5
1979 67.6 75.5
1980 67.5 75.7
1981 67.6 76
1982 68.1 76.3
1983 68 76.6
1984 67.6 76.8
1985 68.3 76.7
1986 70 77
1987 70.1 77.1
1988 69.9 77
1989 69.7 77.7
1990 69.3 77.6
1991 69 77.7
1992 67.8 78.1
1993 65 78.1
1994 63.8 78.7
1995 64 78.8
1996 65.4 79
1997 66.6 79.3
1998 66.9 79.4
1999 65.6 79.5
2000 65 79.7
2001 65 79.8
2002 64.7 79.9
2003 64.7 80.2
2004 65.1 80.5
2005 65.2 80.6
2006 66.5 80.8
2007 67.5 81
2008 67.9 81.1
2009 68.7 81.4
2010 68.2 81.5
2011 69.7 81.8
2012 70.1 81.7
2013 70.6 81.9
2014 70.8 82.2
2015 71.3 82.2
2016 71.9 82.3
2017 72.8 82.4
2018 72.9 82.5
2019 73.1 83.1
2020 71.2 82.4
2021 69.8 83
2022 72.5 83
2023 73.2 83.3
2024 73.3 83.4
2025 73.5 83.6

Russia and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population
Russia

Sweden
Year Population
Russia Sweden
1960 119,897,000 7,484,656
1961 121,236,000 7,519,998
1962 122,591,000 7,561,588
1963 123,960,000 7,604,328
1964 125,345,000 7,661,354
1965 126,745,000 7,733,853
1966 127,468,000 7,807,797
1967 128,196,000 7,867,931
1968 128,928,000 7,912,273
1969 129,664,000 7,968,072
1970 130,404,000 8,042,801
1971 131,155,000 8,098,334
1972 131,909,000 8,122,300
1973 132,669,000 8,136,312
1974 133,432,000 8,159,955
1975 134,200,000 8,192,437
1976 135,147,000 8,222,286
1977 136,100,000 8,251,540
1978 137,060,000 8,275,599
1979 138,027,000 8,293,678
1980 139,010,000 8,310,531
1981 139,941,000 8,320,503
1982 140,823,000 8,325,263
1983 141,668,000 8,329,033
1984 142,745,000 8,336,605
1985 143,858,000 8,350,386
1986 144,894,000 8,369,829
1987 145,908,000 8,397,804
1988 146,857,000 8,436,489
1989 147,721,000 8,492,964
1990 147,969,406 8,558,835
1991 148,394,216 8,617,375
1992 148,538,197 8,668,067
1993 148,458,777 8,718,561
1994 148,407,912 8,780,745
1995 148,375,787 8,826,939
1996 148,160,129 8,840,998
1997 147,915,361 8,846,062
1998 147,670,784 8,850,974
1999 147,214,776 8,857,874
2000 146,596,869 8,872,109
2001 145,976,482 8,895,960
2002 145,306,497 8,924,958
2003 144,648,618 8,958,229
2004 144,067,316 8,993,531
2005 143,518,814 9,029,572
2006 143,049,637 9,080,505
2007 142,805,114 9,148,092
2008 142,742,366 9,219,637
2009 142,785,348 9,298,515
2010 142,849,468 9,378,126
2011 143,018,195 9,449,213
2012 143,378,447 9,519,374
2013 143,805,638 9,600,379
2014 144,237,223 9,696,110
2015 144,640,716 9,799,186
2016 145,015,460 9,923,085
2017 145,293,260 10,057,698
2018 145,398,106 10,175,214
2019 145,453,291 10,278,887
2020 145,245,148 10,353,442
2021 144,746,762 10,415,811
2022 144,236,933 10,486,941
2023 143,826,130 10,536,632
2024 143,533,851 10,569,709

Fertility rates in Russia and Sweden

Fertility rate
Russia

Sweden
Year Fertility rate
Russia Sweden
1960 2.52 2.17
1961 2.45 2.21
1962 2.36 2.25
1963 2.27 2.33
1964 2.18 2.47
1965 2.13 2.39
1966 2.1 2.37
1967 2.04 2.28
1968 1.99 2.07
1969 1.97 1.93
1970 1.99 1.92
1971 2.03 1.96
1972 2.04 1.91
1973 2.01 1.87
1974 2 1.87
1975 1.98 1.77
1976 1.97 1.68
1977 1.95 1.64
1978 1.92 1.6
1979 1.9 1.66
1980 1.89 1.68
1981 1.91 1.63
1982 2.04 1.62
1983 2.11 1.61
1984 2.06 1.66
1985 2.05 1.74
1986 2.15 1.8
1987 2.22 1.84
1988 2.12 1.96
1989 2.01 2.01
1990 1.89 2.13
1991 1.73 2.11
1992 1.55 2.09
1993 1.39 1.99
1994 1.4 1.88
1995 1.34 1.73
1996 1.27 1.6
1997 1.22 1.52
1998 1.23 1.5
1999 1.16 1.5
2000 1.2 1.54
2001 1.22 1.57
2002 1.29 1.65
2003 1.32 1.71
2004 1.34 1.75
2005 1.29 1.77
2006 1.31 1.85
2007 1.42 1.88
2008 1.5 1.91
2009 1.54 1.94
2010 1.57 1.98
2011 1.58 1.9
2012 1.69 1.91
2013 1.71 1.89
2014 1.75 1.88
2015 1.78 1.85
2016 1.76 1.85
2017 1.62 1.78
2018 1.58 1.76
2019 1.5 1.71
2020 1.51 1.67
2021 1.51 1.67
2022 1.42 1.53
2023 1.41 1.45

Russia and Sweden demographics compared

Median age
Russia

Sweden
Year Median age, years
Russia Sweden
1960 27.1 36
1961 27.4 36.2
1962 27.7 36.3
1963 28.1 36.3
1964 28.3 36.3
1965 28.6 36.2
1966 28.9 36
1967 29.2 35.9
1968 29.8 35.8
1969 30.3 35.6
1970 30.7 35.4
1971 31 35.3
1972 31.1 35.3
1973 31.1 35.3
1974 30.9 35.3
1975 30.7 35.3
1976 30.6 35.4
1977 30.9 35.5
1978 31 35.7
1979 31.1 36
1980 31.3 36.2
1981 31.4 36.5
1982 31.6 36.8
1983 31.7 37.1
1984 31.8 37.4
1985 32 37.6
1986 32.2 37.9
1987 32.4 38.1
1988 32.6 38.2
1989 32.9 38.3
1990 33.2 38.3
1991 33.6 38.3
1992 33.9 38.4
1993 34.4 38.4
1994 34.7 38.4
1995 35 38.5
1996 35.3 38.6
1997 35.7 38.8
1998 36 39
1999 36.3 39.2
2000 36.6 39.4
2001 36.8 39.5
2002 36.9 39.7
2003 37 39.8
2004 37.2 40
2005 37.4 40.2
2006 37.6 40.4
2007 37.7 40.5
2008 37.8 40.6
2009 37.9 40.7
2010 38 40.7
2011 38.1 40.8
2012 38.3 40.9
2013 38.4 40.9
2014 38.6 40.9
2015 38.7 40.9
2016 38.8 40.8
2017 39 40.7
2018 39.2 40.6
2019 39.4 40.5
2020 39.7 40.6
2021 39.9 40.7
2022 40.1 40.7
2023 40.5 40.9
2024 40.9 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Russia Sweden
GNI, Atlas method
$2.24T
2024
$622B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
37.6%
2025
49.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.16%
2023
7.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
5.86%
2023
1.47%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,454,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.01%
2025
-1.45%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.43%
2024
8.31%
2024
Services, % of GDP
57.5%
2024
65.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
30.7%
2024
22.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
51.6
2025
77.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.1%
2023
22.3%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2023
2.8%
2023
Number of millionaires
381,726
2024
575,426
2024
Percentage of millionaires
0.34%
2024
7.06%
2024
Number of billionaires
140
2025
45
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Listed domestic companies
194
2023
278
2002
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$650B
2023
$290B
2003
Total reserves including gold
$597B
2023
$62.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.91B
2024
$4.47B
2024
International tourist arrivals
6,359,000
2020
1,957,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.3%
2020
4.85%
2010
Banked people share
79.3%
2024
98.6%
2024

Energy

Russia Sweden
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
5,601 kg
2022
4,289 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$7.43
2022
$15.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
2,070 megatons
2023
35.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14.4 tons
2023
3.36 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
89.5%
2022
24.9%
2023
Renewable energy use share
3.5%
2021
57.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
9.45%
2022
49.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-75.1%
2022
27.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
7,184 kWh
2022
12,150 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
19.2%
2021
67.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
17.3%
2022
39.9%
2023
Nuclear share
19.4%
2022
29.2%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Russia Sweden
% of world population
1.76%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-178,042
2024
+50,115
2024
Urban population
75.5%
2024
89%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
48.5
2025
92
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
22
2024
80
2024
Higher education index
84
2025
94
2025
Homicides per 100K people
6.8
2021
1.15
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12
2019
3.1
2019
Visa free countries
125
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
4.84%
2023
89%
2023
People using the Internet
94.4%
2024
95.5%
2024

Health

Russia Sweden
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,078
2022
$6,152
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$298.7
2022
$780
2023
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.05%
2008
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.83
2020
4.31
2020
Age at first childbirth
25.2 years
2013
30 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
9
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.5
2023
2.5
2023
Obesity rate
24.8%
2022
15.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.9%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
69
2025
89
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.2%
2022
22.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.5 liters
2020
9.57 liters
2020

Territory

Russia Sweden
% of world land
11%
2025
0.27%
2025
Land area per capita
44,053 sq mi
2024
14,877 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
832,826 sq mi
2025
11,514 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
108,031 sq mi
2025
Roads length
981,326 mi
2023
356,129 mi
2016

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