Kazakhstan vs Sweden
Kazakhstan vs Sweden: Internet users
Internet users: 93.4% in Kazakhstan in 2024 and 95.8% in Sweden in 2025, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Kazakhstan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Kazakhstan ranked 41 and Sweden ranked 25 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Kazakhstan | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 95.8 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 93.4 | 95.5 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 92.9 | 95.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 92.3 | 95 | 67 |
| 2021 | 90.9 | 94.7 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 85.9 | 94.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 81.9 | 94.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 78.9 | 89.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 76.4 | 93 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 74.6 | 89.7 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 70.8 | 90.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 66 | 92.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 63.3 | 94.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 61.9 | 93.2 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 50.6 | 92.8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 31.6 | 90 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 18.2 | 91 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 11 | 90 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 82 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 3.3 | 87.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 84.8 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 2.7 | 83.9 | – |
| 2003 | 2 | 79.1 | – |
| 2002 | 1.7 | 70.6 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | 51.8 | – |
| 2000 | 0.7 | 45.7 | – |
| 1999 | 0.5 | 41.4 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | 33.5 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | 23.7 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 5.1 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 3.4 | – |
| 1993 | – | 1.7 | – |
| 1992 | – | 1.5 | – |
| 1991 | – | 1.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.6 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kazakhstan vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025