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Sweden vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Sweden has a population of 10.6M (ranked 93/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Sweden's land area is 157,248 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 58th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Sweden ranks 25/197 ($610B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Sweden ranks 15/197 ($57,723), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Sweden Vietnam
Population
10654722
102063551
Population rank 93/197 16/197
GDP
$610B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 25/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$57,723
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 15/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,030
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$199B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
33.7%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$18,842
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 32/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$40,075
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
157,248 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
67.2 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.45
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
41.1 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Sweden and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Sweden and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Sweden

Vietnam
Year GDP
Sweden Vietnam
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 $14,094,687,821
1986 $150,281,594,980 $26,336,616,250
1987 $182,746,413,791 $36,658,108,850
1988 $206,688,963,474 $25,423,812,649
1989 $217,634,838,449 $6,293,304,975
1990 $261,469,578,631 $6,471,740,806
1991 $273,834,608,020 $9,613,369,520
1992 $283,912,173,667 $9,866,990,236
1993 $212,647,043,708 $13,180,953,598
1994 $228,701,658,891 $16,286,433,533
1995 $267,052,836,695 $20,736,164,459
1996 $291,952,430,659 $24,657,470,575
1997 $268,251,974,486 $26,843,700,442
1998 $270,889,570,938 $27,209,602,050
1999 $274,320,415,376 $28,683,659,007
2000 $262,905,197,442 $31,172,518,403
2001 $242,499,249,693 $32,685,198,809
2002 $267,373,345,247 $35,064,105,501
2003 $334,074,051,173 $39,552,513,232
2004 $384,547,211,147 $45,427,854,693
2005 $391,690,329,314 $57,633,255,738
2006 $422,530,427,476 $66,371,664,817
2007 $490,050,156,833 $77,414,425,532
2008 $514,616,528,349 $99,130,304,099
2009 $434,313,804,907 $106,014,659,565
2010 $492,753,255,886 $147,201,173,197
2011 $570,541,353,129 $172,595,049,184
2012 $549,742,183,874 $195,590,661,129
2013 $584,128,116,410 $213,708,811,665
2014 $577,730,245,154 $233,451,469,643
2015 $501,698,263,621 $239,258,328,382
2016 $514,218,206,628 $257,096,001,178
2017 $536,083,940,229 $281,353,605,987
2018 $551,312,498,430 $310,106,478,395
2019 $532,169,294,166 $334,365,270,497
2020 $545,147,614,972 $346,615,738,538
2021 $637,186,904,844 $366,474,752,771
2022 $579,895,717,344 $413,445,230,669
2023 $585,489,968,189 $433,857,681,378
2024 $610,117,791,237 $476,388,230,307

Sweden and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Sweden

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Sweden Vietnam
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 $238.6
1986 $17,955 $436
1987 $21,761 $595
1988 $24,499 $405
1989 $25,625 $98.1
1990 $30,550 $98.8
1991 $31,777 $143.7
1992 $32,754 $144.5
1993 $24,390 $189.4
1994 $26,046 $229.9
1995 $30,254 $287.8
1996 $33,023 $337
1997 $30,324 $362
1998 $30,606 $361
1999 $30,969 $376
2000 $29,633 $404
2001 $27,259 $419
2002 $29,958 $445
2003 $37,292 $497
2004 $42,758 $565
2005 $43,379 $711
2006 $46,532 $808
2007 $53,569 $926
2008 $55,817 $1,164
2009 $46,708 $1,226
2010 $52,543 $1,683
2011 $60,380 $1,951
2012 $57,750 $2,185
2013 $60,844 $2,360
2014 $59,584 $2,546
2015 $51,198 $2,578
2016 $51,820 $2,735
2017 $53,301 $2,956
2018 $54,182 $3,222
2019 $51,773 $3,441
2020 $52,654 $3,534
2021 $61,175 $3,704
2022 $55,297 $4,148
2023 $55,567 $4,323
2024 $57,723 $4,717

Sweden vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sweden

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Sweden Vietnam
1950 71.1 48
1951 71.4 48.7
1952 71.8 49.4
1953 71.9 50
1954 72.4 52
1955 72.6 54.8
1956 72.7 55.5
1957 72.5 56.2
1958 73.2 56.8
1959 73.4 57.4
1960 73 58
1961 73.5 58.5
1962 73.4 58.2
1963 73.5 56.9
1964 73.7 57.5
1965 73.9 57
1966 74.1 56.9
1967 74.1 56.7
1968 74 52.7
1969 74.1 54.8
1970 74.7 54.9
1971 74.6 55.6
1972 74.7 51.9
1973 74.9 55.7
1974 75 54.8
1975 75 61.9
1976 75 63.7
1977 75.4 64.1
1978 75.5 64.5
1979 75.5 65
1980 75.7 65.3
1981 76 65.8
1982 76.3 66.2
1983 76.6 66.5
1984 76.8 66.9
1985 76.7 67.2
1986 77 67.6
1987 77.1 68
1988 77 68.6
1989 77.7 68.8
1990 77.6 69
1991 77.7 69.3
1992 78.1 69.6
1993 78.1 70
1994 78.7 70.4
1995 78.8 70.9
1996 79 71.3
1997 79.3 71.7
1998 79.4 72.3
1999 79.5 72.6
2000 79.7 72.7
2001 79.8 73
2002 79.9 73.1
2003 80.2 73.2
2004 80.5 73.1
2005 80.6 73.2
2006 80.8 73.3
2007 81 73.4
2008 81.1 73.5
2009 81.4 73.5
2010 81.5 73.6
2011 81.8 73.7
2012 81.7 73.8
2013 81.9 73.8
2014 82.2 73.9
2015 82.2 74
2016 82.3 74
2017 82.4 74
2018 82.5 74.1
2019 83.1 74.2
2020 82.4 75.4
2021 83 74.1
2022 83 74.5
2023 83.3 74.6
2024 83.4 74.7
2025 83.6 74.9

Sweden and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Sweden

Vietnam
Year Population
Sweden Vietnam
1960 7,484,656 32,531,933
1961 7,519,998 33,409,059
1962 7,561,588 34,288,560
1963 7,604,328 35,249,101
1964 7,661,354 36,201,563
1965 7,733,853 37,129,656
1966 7,807,797 38,024,836
1967 7,867,931 38,895,080
1968 7,912,273 39,734,609
1969 7,968,072 40,582,096
1970 8,042,801 41,475,230
1971 8,098,334 42,449,276
1972 8,122,300 43,429,168
1973 8,136,312 44,409,861
1974 8,159,955 45,413,537
1975 8,192,437 46,482,903
1976 8,222,286 47,684,931
1977 8,251,540 48,954,872
1978 8,275,599 50,249,552
1979 8,293,678 51,378,211
1980 8,310,531 52,490,101
1981 8,320,503 53,738,141
1982 8,325,263 55,011,289
1983 8,329,033 56,337,921
1984 8,336,605 57,706,067
1985 8,350,386 59,060,622
1986 8,369,829 60,347,048
1987 8,397,804 61,584,651
1988 8,436,489 62,843,228
1989 8,492,964 64,147,348
1990 8,558,835 65,504,552
1991 8,617,375 66,891,775
1992 8,668,067 68,260,337
1993 8,718,561 69,586,384
1994 8,780,745 70,854,391
1995 8,826,939 72,049,940
1996 8,840,998 73,156,447
1997 8,846,062 74,226,889
1998 8,850,974 75,299,660
1999 8,857,874 76,287,452
2000 8,872,109 77,154,011
2001 8,895,960 77,969,361
2002 8,924,958 78,772,224
2003 8,958,229 79,563,777
2004 8,993,531 80,338,971
2005 9,029,572 81,088,313
2006 9,080,505 82,167,897
2007 9,148,092 83,633,375
2008 9,219,637 85,175,788
2009 9,298,515 86,460,018
2010 9,378,126 87,455,152
2011 9,449,213 88,468,314
2012 9,519,374 89,510,356
2013 9,600,379 90,573,104
2014 9,696,110 91,679,578
2015 9,799,186 92,823,254
2016 9,923,085 94,000,117
2017 10,057,698 95,176,977
2018 10,175,214 96,237,319
2019 10,278,887 97,173,776
2020 10,353,442 98,079,191
2021 10,415,811 98,935,098
2022 10,486,941 99,680,655
2023 10,536,632 100,352,192
2024 10,569,709 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Sweden and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Sweden

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Sweden Vietnam
1960 2.17 6.27
1961 2.21 5.48
1962 2.25 6.26
1963 2.33 6.39
1964 2.47 6.29
1965 2.39 6.16
1966 2.37 5.97
1967 2.28 5.88
1968 2.07 6.03
1969 1.93 6.01
1970 1.92 6.02
1971 1.96 6.07
1972 1.91 6.1
1973 1.87 6.11
1974 1.87 5.78
1975 1.77 5.62
1976 1.68 5.46
1977 1.64 5.29
1978 1.6 5.1
1979 1.66 4.94
1980 1.68 4.8
1981 1.63 4.67
1982 1.62 4.59
1983 1.61 4.52
1984 1.66 4.41
1985 1.74 4.21
1986 1.8 3.96
1987 1.84 3.72
1988 1.96 3.62
1989 2.01 3.64
1990 2.13 3.6
1991 2.11 3.52
1992 2.09 3.35
1993 1.99 3.17
1994 1.88 2.94
1995 1.73 2.7
1996 1.6 2.47
1997 1.52 2.27
1998 1.5 2.1
1999 1.5 2
2000 1.54 2.03
2001 1.57 2.02
2002 1.65 2.01
2003 1.71 2
2004 1.75 1.97
2005 1.77 1.89
2006 1.85 1.87
2007 1.88 1.91
2008 1.91 1.93
2009 1.94 1.92
2010 1.98 1.91
2011 1.9 1.93
2012 1.91 1.97
2013 1.89 1.98
2014 1.88 2.09
2015 1.85 2.1
2016 1.85 2
2017 1.78 1.99
2018 1.76 1.88
2019 1.71 1.94
2020 1.67 1.96
2021 1.67 1.94
2022 1.53 1.93
2023 1.45 1.91

Sweden and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Sweden

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Sweden Vietnam
1960 36 21.2
1961 36.2 20.7
1962 36.3 20.2
1963 36.3 19.7
1964 36.3 19.2
1965 36.2 18.9
1966 36 18.7
1967 35.9 18.5
1968 35.8 18.4
1969 35.6 18.4
1970 35.4 18.4
1971 35.3 18.4
1972 35.3 18.5
1973 35.3 18.5
1974 35.3 18.6
1975 35.3 18.7
1976 35.4 18.8
1977 35.5 19
1978 35.7 19.1
1979 36 19.3
1980 36.2 19.4
1981 36.5 19.5
1982 36.8 19.6
1983 37.1 19.7
1984 37.4 19.8
1985 37.6 19.9
1986 37.9 20
1987 38.1 20.1
1988 38.2 20.2
1989 38.3 20.4
1990 38.3 20.5
1991 38.3 20.7
1992 38.4 20.9
1993 38.4 21.1
1994 38.4 21.4
1995 38.5 21.7
1996 38.6 22
1997 38.8 22.4
1998 39 22.9
1999 39.2 23.3
2000 39.4 23.7
2001 39.5 24.2
2002 39.7 24.6
2003 39.8 25
2004 40 25.4
2005 40.2 25.8
2006 40.4 26.3
2007 40.5 26.9
2008 40.6 27.4
2009 40.7 27.9
2010 40.7 28.3
2011 40.8 28.7
2012 40.9 29
2013 40.9 29.4
2014 40.9 29.8
2015 40.9 30.2
2016 40.8 30.5
2017 40.7 30.8
2018 40.6 31.2
2019 40.5 31.6
2020 40.6 32.1
2021 40.7 32.5
2022 40.7 33
2023 40.9 33.4
2024 41.1 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sweden Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$622B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.1%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.32%
2022
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.47%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
15,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.45%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.31%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
65.9%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.6%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
77.9
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.3%
2023
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2023
2.6%
2022
Number of millionaires
575,426
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
7.06%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
45
2025
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0006%
2025
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
278
2002
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$290B
2003
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$62.6B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$4.47B
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,957,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.85%
2010
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
98.6%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

Sweden Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,289 kg
2023
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.7
2023
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
35.4 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.36 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
24.9%
2023
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
57.9%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
49.9%
2023
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
27.8%
2023
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
12,150 kWh
2023
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
67.4%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
39.9%
2023
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
29.2%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Sweden Vietnam
% of world population
0.13%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
+50,115
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
89%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.92 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.47 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
80
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
94
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.15
2023
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.1
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
174
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
96.1%
2022
English speaking
89%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
95.5%
2024
84.2%
2024

Health

Sweden Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,152
2023
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$780
2023
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.31
2020
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
30 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
4
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.5
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
15.6%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.8%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
89
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.7%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.57 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Sweden Vietnam
% of world land
0.27%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
14,877 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
11,514 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
108,031 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
356,129 mi
2016
354,460 mi
2019

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