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Pakistan vs Sweden
How Pakistan and Sweden compare on 38 measures, from 1751 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Sweden was higher: 83.3 years against 67.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Sweden was higher: $55,010 against $1,669
- Population · In 2023, Pakistan was higher: 248 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Pakistan was higher: 2.91% of GDP against 2.47% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Sweden was higher: 3.57 tonnes against 0.81 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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