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Serbia vs Sweden statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Serbia has a population of 6.59M (ranked 109/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Serbia's land area is 32,467 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 111th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Serbia ranks 75/197 ($89.1B) and Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B). By GDP per capita, Serbia ranks 74/197 ($13,524), while Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723).

Main facts and rankings

Serbia Sweden
Population
6541064
10654722
Population rank 110/197 93/197
GDP
$89.1B
2024
$610B
2024
GDP rank 75/197 25/197
GDP per capita
$13,524
2024
$57,723
2024
GDP per capita rank 74/197 15/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$31,867
2024
$71,030
2024
Government debt
$39.6B
2024
$199B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
44.4%
2025
33.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$6,015
2024
$18,842
2024
Government debt per person rank 74/185 32/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$11,469
2025
$40,075
2025
Land area
32,467 sq mi
2025
157,248 sq mi
2025
Population density
202.9 ppl/mi²
2024
67.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.61
2023
1.45
2023
Median age
45.1 years
2024
41.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.1 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Serbia and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Serbia and Sweden economies compared

GDP
Serbia

Sweden
Year GDP
Serbia 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 - $206,688,963,474
1989 - $217,634,838,449
1990 - $261,469,578,631
1991 - $273,834,608,020
1992 - $283,912,173,667
1993 - $212,647,043,708
1994 - $228,701,658,891
1995 $17,921,892,655 $267,052,836,695
1996 $23,277,430,168 $291,952,430,659
1997 $27,153,408,995 $268,251,974,486
1998 $21,004,077,441 $270,889,570,938
1999 $20,878,694,851 $274,320,415,376
2000 $7,326,373,882 $262,905,197,442
2001 $13,599,378,662 $242,499,249,693
2002 $17,930,583,571 $267,373,345,247
2003 $23,593,044,418 $334,074,051,173
2004 $26,845,632,342 $384,547,211,147
2005 $28,334,256,181 $391,690,329,314
2006 $33,298,057,362 $422,530,427,476
2007 $44,888,028,946 $490,050,156,833
2008 $54,220,641,202 $514,616,528,349
2009 $46,955,984,410 $434,313,804,907
2010 $43,536,629,233 $492,753,255,886
2011 $51,251,098,408 $570,541,353,129
2012 $45,103,269,969 $549,742,183,874
2013 $50,455,529,604 $584,128,116,410
2014 $49,114,321,280 $577,730,245,154
2015 $41,297,410,635 $501,698,263,621
2016 $42,225,495,910 $514,218,206,628
2017 $45,972,834,714 $536,083,940,229
2018 $52,787,520,249 $551,312,498,430
2019 $53,864,693,665 $532,169,294,166
2020 $55,874,017,669 $545,147,614,972
2021 $66,159,884,073 $637,186,904,844
2022 $66,797,564,758 $579,895,717,344
2023 $81,342,660,752 $585,489,968,189
2024 $89,083,506,277 $610,117,791,237

Serbia and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita
Serbia

Sweden
Year GDP per capita
Serbia 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 - $24,499
1989 - $25,625
1990 - $30,550
1991 - $31,777
1992 - $32,754
1993 - $24,390
1994 - $26,046
1995 $2,349 $30,254
1996 $3,054 $33,023
1997 $3,574 $30,324
1998 $2,775 $30,606
1999 $2,769 $30,969
2000 $975 $29,633
2001 $1,812 $27,259
2002 $2,391 $29,958
2003 $3,154 $37,292
2004 $3,597 $42,758
2005 $3,808 $43,379
2006 $4,493 $46,532
2007 $6,081 $53,569
2008 $7,377 $55,817
2009 $6,414 $46,708
2010 $5,971 $52,543
2011 $7,082 $60,380
2012 $6,263 $57,750
2013 $7,040 $60,844
2014 $6,887 $59,584
2015 $5,820 $51,198
2016 $5,982 $51,820
2017 $6,548 $53,301
2018 $7,560 $54,182
2019 $7,756 $51,773
2020 $8,099 $52,654
2021 $9,681 $61,175
2022 $10,023 $55,297
2023 $12,282 $55,567
2024 $13,524 $57,723

Serbia vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Serbia

Sweden
Year Life expectancy, years
Serbia Sweden
1950 55.1 71.1
1951 55.6 71.4
1952 57.4 71.8
1953 59.8 71.9
1954 60.7 72.4
1955 61.3 72.6
1956 61.9 72.7
1957 63.2 72.5
1958 64.3 73.2
1959 65.2 73.4
1960 65.7 73
1961 66.3 73.5
1962 67 73.4
1963 67.4 73.5
1964 68 73.7
1965 68.7 73.9
1966 69.4 74.1
1967 70.1 74.1
1968 70.1 74
1969 70 74.1
1970 69.7 74.7
1971 69.7 74.6
1972 70 74.7
1973 70.5 74.9
1974 71.1 75
1975 71.6 75
1976 71.9 75
1977 71.8 75.4
1978 71.4 75.5
1979 71.2 75.5
1980 71.1 75.7
1981 71.1 76
1982 71 76.3
1983 71.1 76.6
1984 71.2 76.8
1985 71.4 76.7
1986 71.6 77
1987 71.9 77.1
1988 72 77
1989 72.3 77.7
1990 72.2 77.6
1991 71.9 77.7
1992 71.6 78.1
1993 71.9 78.1
1994 72.3 78.7
1995 72.7 78.8
1996 72.9 79
1997 72.9 79.3
1998 72.3 79.4
1999 70 79.5
2000 72.3 79.7
2001 72.3 79.8
2002 72.6 79.9
2003 72.7 80.2
2004 72.9 80.5
2005 73.1 80.6
2006 73.4 80.8
2007 73.7 81
2008 73.9 81.1
2009 74.1 81.4
2010 74.4 81.5
2011 74.7 81.8
2012 75.1 81.7
2013 75.3 81.9
2014 75.5 82.2
2015 75.7 82.2
2016 75.7 82.3
2017 75.8 82.4
2018 76 82.5
2019 76.1 83.1
2020 74.5 82.4
2021 72.9 83
2022 75.5 83
2023 76.8 83.3
2024 76.9 83.4
2025 77.1 83.6

Serbia and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population
Serbia

Sweden
Year Population
Serbia Sweden
1960 6,638,992 7,484,656
1961 6,689,077 7,519,998
1962 6,740,264 7,561,588
1963 6,787,950 7,604,328
1964 6,832,855 7,661,354
1965 6,876,624 7,733,853
1966 6,927,969 7,807,797
1967 6,966,522 7,867,931
1968 7,007,586 7,912,273
1969 7,123,249 7,968,072
1970 7,164,993 8,042,801
1971 7,211,716 8,098,334
1972 7,252,012 8,122,300
1973 7,283,902 8,136,312
1974 7,326,043 8,159,955
1975 7,368,717 8,192,437
1976 7,418,973 8,222,286
1977 7,462,783 8,251,540
1978 7,504,017 8,275,599
1979 7,541,997 8,293,678
1980 7,709,544 8,310,531
1981 7,736,787 8,320,503
1982 7,763,335 8,325,263
1983 7,788,100 8,329,033
1984 7,813,549 8,336,605
1985 7,835,902 8,350,386
1986 7,853,824 8,369,829
1987 7,868,027 8,397,804
1988 7,884,218 8,436,489
1989 7,893,787 8,492,964
1990 7,897,937 8,558,835
1991 7,595,636 8,617,375
1992 7,604,063 8,668,067
1993 7,614,328 8,718,561
1994 7,622,711 8,780,745
1995 7,628,264 8,826,939
1996 7,622,185 8,840,998
1997 7,598,538 8,846,062
1998 7,567,745 8,850,974
1999 7,540,401 8,857,874
2000 7,516,346 8,872,109
2001 7,503,433 8,895,960
2002 7,500,031 8,924,958
2003 7,480,591 8,958,229
2004 7,463,157 8,993,531
2005 7,440,769 9,029,572
2006 7,411,569 9,080,505
2007 7,381,579 9,148,092
2008 7,350,222 9,219,637
2009 7,320,807 9,298,515
2010 7,291,436 9,378,126
2011 7,236,519 9,449,213
2012 7,201,497 9,519,374
2013 7,166,553 9,600,379
2014 7,131,787 9,696,110
2015 7,095,383 9,799,186
2016 7,058,322 9,923,085
2017 7,020,858 10,057,698
2018 6,982,604 10,175,214
2019 6,945,235 10,278,887
2020 6,899,126 10,353,442
2021 6,834,326 10,415,811
2022 6,664,449 10,486,941
2023 6,623,183 10,536,632
2024 6,587,202 10,569,709

Fertility rates in Serbia and Sweden

Fertility rate
Serbia

Sweden
Year Fertility rate
Serbia Sweden
1960 2.15 2.17
1961 2.13 2.21
1962 2.11 2.25
1963 2.08 2.33
1964 2.07 2.47
1965 2.06 2.39
1966 2.04 2.37
1967 2.02 2.28
1968 2.01 2.07
1969 1.99 1.93
1970 1.97 1.92
1971 1.96 1.96
1972 1.95 1.91
1973 1.94 1.87
1974 1.93 1.87
1975 1.92 1.77
1976 1.91 1.68
1977 1.9 1.64
1978 1.89 1.6
1979 1.88 1.66
1980 1.86 1.68
1981 1.85 1.63
1982 1.84 1.62
1983 1.83 1.61
1984 1.81 1.66
1985 1.8 1.74
1986 1.78 1.8
1987 1.75 1.84
1988 1.72 1.96
1989 1.69 2.01
1990 1.65 2.13
1991 1.61 2.11
1992 1.57 2.09
1993 1.54 1.99
1994 1.51 1.88
1995 1.47 1.73
1996 1.44 1.6
1997 1.4 1.52
1998 1.37 1.5
1999 1.35 1.5
2000 1.48 1.54
2001 1.58 1.57
2002 1.57 1.65
2003 1.59 1.71
2004 1.57 1.75
2005 1.45 1.77
2006 1.43 1.85
2007 1.38 1.88
2008 1.4 1.91
2009 1.44 1.94
2010 1.4 1.98
2011 1.4 1.9
2012 1.45 1.91
2013 1.43 1.89
2014 1.46 1.88
2015 1.46 1.85
2016 1.46 1.85
2017 1.49 1.78
2018 1.49 1.76
2019 1.52 1.71
2020 1.48 1.67
2021 1.52 1.67
2022 1.59 1.53
2023 1.61 1.45

Serbia and Sweden demographics compared

Median age
Serbia

Sweden
Year Median age, years
Serbia Sweden
1960 28.7 36
1961 29.1 36.2
1962 29.4 36.3
1963 29.8 36.3
1964 30.2 36.3
1965 30.5 36.2
1966 30.8 36
1967 31.1 35.9
1968 31.4 35.8
1969 31.7 35.6
1970 32 35.4
1971 32.2 35.3
1972 32.5 35.3
1973 32.7 35.3
1974 32.8 35.3
1975 33 35.3
1976 33.2 35.4
1977 33.4 35.5
1978 33.5 35.7
1979 33.7 36
1980 33.8 36.2
1981 33.9 36.5
1982 34.1 36.8
1983 34.4 37.1
1984 34.7 37.4
1985 35 37.6
1986 35.4 37.9
1987 35.7 38.1
1988 36.1 38.2
1989 36.5 38.3
1990 36.8 38.3
1991 37.1 38.3
1992 37.5 38.4
1993 37.8 38.4
1994 38.2 38.4
1995 38.5 38.5
1996 38.9 38.6
1997 39.2 38.8
1998 39.5 39
1999 39.8 39.2
2000 40.1 39.4
2001 40.3 39.5
2002 40.5 39.7
2003 40.7 39.8
2004 40.9 40
2005 41.1 40.2
2006 41.3 40.4
2007 41.5 40.5
2008 41.7 40.6
2009 41.9 40.7
2010 42.1 40.7
2011 42.4 40.8
2012 42.6 40.9
2013 42.8 40.9
2014 43 40.9
2015 43.3 40.9
2016 43.5 40.8
2017 43.7 40.7
2018 44 40.6
2019 44.2 40.5
2020 44.4 40.6
2021 44.5 40.7
2022 44.7 40.7
2023 44.9 40.9
2024 45.1 41.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Serbia Sweden
GNI, Atlas method
$76.2B
2024
$622B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
43.4%
2025
49.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.4%
2023
7.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.85%
2023
1.47%
2023
Armed forces personnel
32,000
2020
15,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.77%
2025
-1.45%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.24%
2024
8.31%
2024
Services, % of GDP
58.5%
2024
65.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
23.3%
2024
22.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
77.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.7%
2022
22.3%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.4%
2022
2.8%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
575,426
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
7.06%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
45
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0006%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
278
2002
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$4.06B
2011
$290B
2003
Total reserves including gold
$30.5B
2024
$62.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$5.68B
2024
$4.47B
2024
International tourist arrivals
446,000
2020
1,957,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
5.58%
2020
4.85%
2010
Banked people share
83.3%
2024
98.6%
2024

Energy

Serbia Sweden
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,378 kg
2023
4,289 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.1
2023
$15.7
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions n/a
35.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita n/a
3.36 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
83%
2022
24.9%
2023
Renewable energy use share
27.2%
2021
57.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
7.3%
2023
49.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
42.6%
2023
27.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,090 kWh
2023
12,150 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
35%
2021
67.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
32.7%
2023
39.9%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
29.2%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Serbia Sweden
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-8,132
2024
+50,115
2024
Urban population
57.4%
2024
89%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.92 ft
2025
Average female height
5.52 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
62.7
2025
92
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
35
2024
80
2024
Higher education index
82
2025
94
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.31
2023
1.15
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.5
2019
3.1
2019
Visa free countries
134
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.3%
2022
99%
2003
English speaking
55%
2025
89%
2023
People using the Internet
87.7%
2024
95.5%
2024

Health

Serbia Sweden
Government health expenditure per capita
$903
2022
$6,152
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$330
2022
$780
2023
Life expectancy
77.1 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.14%
2021
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.84
2021
4.31
2020
Age at first childbirth
28.4 years
2023
30 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
11
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.2
2023
2.5
2023
Obesity rate
23.1%
2022
15.6%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.5%
2024
5.8%
2024
Air quality index
39
2025
89
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
39.5%
2022
22.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.89 liters
2019
9.57 liters
2020

Territory

Serbia Sweden
% of world land
0.06%
2025
0.27%
2025
Land area per capita
4,929 sq mi
2024
14,877 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
13,112 sq mi
2025
11,514 sq mi
2025
Forest area
10,516 sq mi
2025
108,031 sq mi
2025
Roads length
28,222 mi
2024
356,129 mi
2016

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