Sweden vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Sweden has a population of 10.6M (ranked 93/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Sweden's land area is 157,248 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 58th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Sweden and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Sweden and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Sweden

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Sweden	United Kingdom
1960	$15,930,258,332	$73,233,967,692
1961	$17,329,819,494	$77,741,965,703
1962	$18,794,282,717	$81,247,564,157
1963	$20,342,365,392	$86,561,961,812
1964	$22,685,750,575	$94,407,558,351
1965	$24,964,233,891	$101,824,755,079
1966	$27,155,028,520	$108,572,752,102
1967	$29,475,219,787	$113,116,888,211
1968	$31,278,230,634	$107,759,910,068
1969	$33,967,691,454	$116,464,702,803
1970	$38,037,663,342	$130,671,946,244
1971	$41,506,627,519	$148,113,896,325
1972	$48,883,734,672	$169,965,034,965
1973	$59,319,523,962	$192,537,971,583
1974	$65,918,391,224	$206,131,369,799
1975	$82,766,182,746	$241,756,637,168
1976	$89,233,541,404	$232,614,555,256
1977	$94,332,865,494	$263,066,457,352
1978	$104,292,130,796	$335,883,029,722
1979	$123,208,942,175	$438,994,070,309
1980	$141,887,695,763	$564,947,710,899
1981	$129,500,408,224	$540,765,675,241
1982	$114,216,043,040	$515,048,916,841
1983	$104,863,313,508	$489,618,008,186
1984	$109,044,297,251	$461,487,097,632
1985	$113,959,392,485	$489,285,164,271
1986	$150,281,594,980	$601,452,653,181
1987	$182,746,413,791	$745,162,608,269
1988	$206,688,963,474	$910,122,732,124
1989	$217,634,838,449	$926,884,816,754
1990	$261,469,578,631	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$273,834,608,020	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$283,912,173,667	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$212,647,043,708	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$228,701,658,891	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$267,052,836,695	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$291,952,430,659	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$268,251,974,486	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$270,889,570,938	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$274,320,415,376	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$262,905,197,442	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$242,499,249,693	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$267,373,345,247	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$334,074,051,173	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$384,547,211,147	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$391,690,329,314	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$422,530,427,476	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$490,050,156,833	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$514,616,528,349	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$434,313,804,907	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$492,753,255,886	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$570,541,353,129	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$549,742,183,874	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$584,128,116,410	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$577,730,245,154	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$501,698,263,621	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$514,218,206,628	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$536,083,940,229	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$551,312,498,430	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$532,169,294,166	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$545,147,614,972	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$637,186,904,844	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$579,895,717,344	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$585,489,968,189	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$610,117,791,237	$3,643,834,188,783

Sweden and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Sweden

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sweden	United Kingdom
1960	$2,128	$1,398
1961	$2,304	$1,472
1962	$2,485	$1,526
1963	$2,675	$1,613
1964	$2,961	$1,748
1965	$3,228	$1,874
1966	$3,478	$1,987
1967	$3,746	$2,059
1968	$3,953	$1,952
1969	$4,263	$2,101
1970	$4,729	$2,348
1971	$5,125	$2,650
1972	$6,018	$3,030
1973	$7,291	$3,426
1974	$8,078	$3,666
1975	$10,103	$4,300
1976	$10,853	$4,138
1977	$11,432	$4,681
1978	$12,602	$5,977
1979	$14,856	$7,805
1980	$17,073	$10,032
1981	$15,564	$9,599
1982	$13,719	$9,146
1983	$12,590	$8,692
1984	$13,080	$8,179
1985	$13,647	$8,652
1986	$17,955	$10,611
1987	$21,761	$13,119
1988	$24,499	$15,987
1989	$25,625	$16,239
1990	$30,550	$19,095
1991	$31,777	$19,901
1992	$32,754	$20,487
1993	$24,390	$18,389
1994	$26,046	$19,709
1995	$30,254	$23,169
1996	$33,023	$24,406
1997	$30,324	$26,766
1998	$30,606	$28,275
1999	$30,969	$28,762
2000	$29,633	$28,281
2001	$27,259	$27,907
2002	$29,958	$30,078
2003	$37,292	$34,443
2004	$42,758	$40,367
2005	$43,379	$42,105
2006	$46,532	$44,512
2007	$53,569	$50,398
2008	$55,817	$47,396
2009	$46,708	$38,744
2010	$52,543	$39,599
2011	$60,380	$42,110
2012	$57,750	$42,490
2013	$60,844	$43,419
2014	$59,584	$47,427
2015	$51,198	$44,984
2016	$51,820	$40,988
2017	$53,301	$40,629
2018	$54,182	$43,315
2019	$51,773	$42,794
2020	$52,654	$40,405
2021	$61,175	$46,926
2022	$55,297	$46,063
2023	$55,567	$49,201
2024	$57,723	$52,637

Sweden vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sweden

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sweden	United Kingdom
1950	71.1	68.6
1951	71.4	68.2
1952	71.8	69.5
1953	71.9	69.8
1954	72.4	70.2
1955	72.6	70.1
1956	72.7	70.4
1957	72.5	70.5
1958	73.2	70.7
1959	73.4	70.8
1960	73	71
1961	73.5	70.8
1962	73.4	70.9
1963	73.5	70.8
1964	73.7	71.5
1965	73.9	71.5
1966	74.1	71.4
1967	74.1	72.1
1968	74	71.7
1969	74.1	71.7
1970	74.7	71.9
1971	74.6	72.2
1972	74.7	72
1973	74.9	72.2
1974	75	72.4
1975	75	72.7
1976	75	72.6
1977	75.4	73.1
1978	75.5	73
1979	75.5	73.2
1980	75.7	73.6
1981	76	73.9
1982	76.3	74
1983	76.6	74.3
1984	76.8	74.7
1985	76.7	74.5
1986	77	74.8
1987	77.1	75.1
1988	77	75.3
1989	77.7	75.4
1990	77.6	75.7
1991	77.7	75.9
1992	78.1	76.3
1993	78.1	76.2
1994	78.7	76.7
1995	78.8	76.6
1996	79	76.9
1997	79.3	77.1
1998	79.4	77.3
1999	79.5	77.4
2000	79.7	77.8
2001	79.8	78.1
2002	79.9	78.2
2003	80.2	78.3
2004	80.5	78.9
2005	80.6	79.1
2006	80.8	79.3
2007	81	79.5
2008	81.1	79.7
2009	81.4	80.2
2010	81.5	80.4
2011	81.8	80.8
2012	81.7	80.9
2013	81.9	80.9
2014	82.2	81.2
2015	82.2	80.9
2016	82.3	81.1
2017	82.4	81.2
2018	82.5	81.1
2019	83.1	81.4
2020	82.4	80.4
2021	83	80.7
2022	83	81.1
2023	83.3	81.3
2024	83.4	81.4
2025	83.6	81.6

Sweden and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Sweden

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Sweden	United Kingdom
1960	7,484,656	52,400,000
1961	7,519,998	52,800,000
1962	7,561,588	53,250,000
1963	7,604,328	53,650,000
1964	7,661,354	54,000,000
1965	7,733,853	54,348,050
1966	7,807,797	54,648,500
1967	7,867,931	54,943,600
1968	7,912,273	55,211,700
1969	7,968,072	55,441,750
1970	8,042,801	55,663,250
1971	8,098,334	55,896,223
1972	8,122,300	56,086,065
1973	8,136,312	56,194,527
1974	8,159,955	56,229,974
1975	8,192,437	56,225,800
1976	8,222,286	56,211,968
1977	8,251,540	56,193,492
1978	8,275,599	56,196,504
1979	8,293,678	56,246,951
1980	8,310,531	56,314,216
1981	8,320,503	56,333,829
1982	8,325,263	56,313,641
1983	8,329,033	56,332,848
1984	8,336,605	56,422,072
1985	8,350,386	56,550,268
1986	8,369,829	56,681,396
1987	8,397,804	56,802,050
1988	8,436,489	56,928,327
1989	8,492,964	57,076,711
1990	8,558,835	57,247,586
1991	8,617,375	57,424,897
1992	8,668,067	57,580,402
1993	8,718,561	57,718,614
1994	8,780,745	57,865,745
1995	8,826,939	58,019,030
1996	8,840,998	58,166,950
1997	8,846,062	58,316,954
1998	8,850,974	58,487,141
1999	8,857,874	58,682,466
2000	8,872,109	58,892,514
2001	8,895,960	59,119,673
2002	8,924,958	59,370,479
2003	8,958,229	59,647,577
2004	8,993,531	59,987,905
2005	9,029,572	60,401,206
2006	9,080,505	60,846,820
2007	9,148,092	61,322,463
2008	9,219,637	61,806,995
2009	9,298,515	62,276,270
2010	9,378,126	62,766,365
2011	9,449,213	63,258,810
2012	9,519,374	63,711,000
2013	9,600,379	64,139,000
2014	9,696,110	64,620,000
2015	9,799,186	65,088,000
2016	9,923,085	65,607,000
2017	10,057,698	65,966,000
2018	10,175,214	66,289,000
2019	10,278,887	66,631,000
2020	10,353,442	66,744,000
2021	10,415,811	66,984,000
2022	10,486,941	67,604,000
2023	10,536,632	68,492,000
2024	10,569,709	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Sweden and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Sweden

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sweden	United Kingdom
1960	2.17	2.69
1961	2.21	2.78
1962	2.25	2.86
1963	2.33	2.88
1964	2.47	2.93
1965	2.39	2.86
1966	2.37	2.78
1967	2.28	2.68
1968	2.07	2.6
1969	1.93	2.51
1970	1.92	2.44
1971	1.96	2.41
1972	1.91	2.2
1973	1.87	2.04
1974	1.87	1.92
1975	1.77	1.81
1976	1.68	1.74
1977	1.64	1.69
1978	1.6	1.75
1979	1.66	1.86
1980	1.68	1.9
1981	1.63	1.82
1982	1.62	1.78
1983	1.61	1.77
1984	1.66	1.77
1985	1.74	1.79
1986	1.8	1.78
1987	1.84	1.81
1988	1.96	1.82
1989	2.01	1.79
1990	2.13	1.83
1991	2.11	1.82
1992	2.09	1.79
1993	1.99	1.76
1994	1.88	1.74
1995	1.73	1.71
1996	1.6	1.73
1997	1.52	1.72
1998	1.5	1.71
1999	1.5	1.68
2000	1.54	1.64
2001	1.57	1.63
2002	1.65	1.63
2003	1.71	1.7
2004	1.75	1.75
2005	1.77	1.76
2006	1.85	1.82
2007	1.88	1.86
2008	1.91	1.91
2009	1.94	1.89
2010	1.98	1.92
2011	1.9	1.91
2012	1.91	1.92
2013	1.89	1.83
2014	1.88	1.81
2015	1.85	1.8
2016	1.85	1.79
2017	1.78	1.74
2018	1.76	1.68
2019	1.71	1.63
2020	1.67	1.57
2021	1.67	1.58
2022	1.53	1.56
2023	1.45	1.56

Sweden and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Sweden

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sweden	United Kingdom
1960	36	35.5
1961	36.2	35.4
1962	36.3	35.3
1963	36.3	35.3
1964	36.3	35.2
1965	36.2	35.1
1966	36	34.9
1967	35.9	34.8
1968	35.8	34.6
1969	35.6	34.4
1970	35.4	34.2
1971	35.3	34.1
1972	35.3	34
1973	35.3	34
1974	35.3	34
1975	35.3	34
1976	35.4	34
1977	35.5	34.1
1978	35.7	34.2
1979	36	34.3
1980	36.2	34.4
1981	36.5	34.5
1982	36.8	34.8
1983	37.1	35
1984	37.4	35.2
1985	37.6	35.3
1986	37.9	35.4
1987	38.1	35.4
1988	38.2	35.7
1989	38.3	35.9
1990	38.3	36
1991	38.3	36.1
1992	38.4	36.2
1993	38.4	36.3
1994	38.4	36.5
1995	38.5	36.6
1996	38.6	36.8
1997	38.8	37
1998	39	37.2
1999	39.2	37.4
2000	39.4	37.7
2001	39.5	37.9
2002	39.7	38.1
2003	39.8	38.2
2004	40	38.4
2005	40.2	38.5
2006	40.4	38.6
2007	40.5	38.8
2008	40.6	38.9
2009	40.7	39
2010	40.7	39.2
2011	40.8	39.3
2012	40.9	39.5
2013	40.9	39.6
2014	40.9	39.7
2015	40.9	39.8
2016	40.8	39.8
2017	40.7	39.9
2018	40.6	40
2019	40.5	40.1
2020	40.6	40.2
2021	40.7	40.3
2022	40.7	40.5
2023	40.9	40.8
2024	41.1	41

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