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Sweden vs. Norway

How Sweden and Norway compare on income per person, population, life expectancy, internet use and access to electricity, each next to the world figure and linked to its chart, where you'll find its source, its date and every country's numbers.

The biggest differences

  • The population is 89% larger in Sweden (10.6M people) than in Norway (5.61M).
  • GDP per person is 57% higher in Norway ($89,889) than in Sweden ($57,223).
  • The share of people using the internet is 3.5 percentage points higher in Norway (99%) than in Sweden (95.5%).

The two are about the same on life expectancy at birth and the share of people with electricity.

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Figures are from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), for the newest year most countries have reported; many are estimates, and they are revised as new data comes in. GDP per person is in US dollars at each year's exchange rates, not adjusted for differences in prices. Two figures are called about the same when GDP or population differ by less than 5%, life expectancy by less than a year, or a share by less than 2 percentage points.

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