Romania vs Sweden
Romania vs Sweden: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 128,000 people in Romania and 15,000 people in Sweden, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Romania, by 113,000 people, or 8.53 times that in Sweden.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Romania | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 128,000 | 15,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 126,000 | 15,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 126,600 | 15,150 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 126,000 | 30,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 149,200 | 30,550 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 150,400 | 30,550 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 151,300 | 30,550 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 151,300 | 16,100 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 151,300 | 16,100 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 151,300 | 21,300 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 153,800 | 21,160 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 151,600 | 21,870 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 153,000 | 17,600 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 153,000 | 17,600 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 154,000 | 24,600 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 177,000 | 28,600 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 176,000 | 27,600 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 177,100 | 63,200 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 179,100 | 69,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 178,900 | 69,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 282,900 | 88,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 282,900 | 88,700 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 295,600 | 88,700 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 306,100 | 88,950 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 307,500 | 98,200 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 296,500 | 99,600 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 200,000 | 70,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 200,000 | 70,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 172,000 | 70,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 201,000 | 63,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 126,000 | 65,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 207,000 | 62,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 189,500 | 65,700 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 236,000 | 69,000 | – |
| 1983 | 232,000 | 68,000 | – |
| 1982 | 213,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1981 | 212,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1980 | 211,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1979 | 210,000 | 68,000 | – |
| 1978 | 209,000 | 69,000 | – |
| 1977 | 208,000 | 69,000 | – |
| 1976 | 220,000 | 66,000 | – |
| 1975 | 220,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1974 | 218,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1973 | 192,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1972 | 218,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1971 | 218,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1970 | 211,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1969 | 190,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1968 | 190,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1967 | 190,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1966 | 212,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1965 | 258,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1964 | 250,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1963 | 250,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1962 | 304,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1961 | 312,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1960 | 227,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1959 | 216,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1958 | 205,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1957 | 194,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1956 | 233,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 272,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 272,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 271,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 270,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 269,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 218,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 167,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 166,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 140,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 114,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 119,000 | 400,000 | – |
| 1944 | 975,000 | 400,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1942 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1940 | 815,000 | 100,000 | – |
| 1939 | 148,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 169,000 | 41,000 | – |
| 1937 | 177,000 | 27,000 | – |
| 1936 | 137,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1935 | 142,000 | 39,000 | – |
| 1934 | 147,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 147,000 | 34,000 | – |
| 1932 | 142,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1931 | 180,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1930 | 192,000 | 39,000 | – |
| 1929 | 191,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1928 | 191,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1927 | 155,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1926 | 145,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1925 | 144,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1924 | 150,000 | 40,000 | – |
| 1923 | 203,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1922 | 233,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1921 | 253,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1920 | 252,000 | 101,000 | – |
| 1919 | 292,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 269,000 | 101,000 | – |
| 1917 | 247,000 | 100,000 | – |
| 1916 | 211,000 | 99,000 | – |
| 1915 | 189,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1914 | 145,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 109,000 | 86,000 | – |
| 1912 | 100,000 | 74,000 | – |
| 1911 | 97,000 | 74,000 | – |
| 1910 | 89,000 | 71,000 | – |
| 1909 | 104,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1908 | 90,000 | 67,000 | – |
| 1907 | 69,000 | 67,000 | – |
| 1906 | 70,000 | 67,000 | – |
| 1905 | 66,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1904 | 65,000 | 95,000 | – |
| 1903 | 66,000 | 103,000 | – |
| 1902 | 66,000 | 73,000 | – |
| 1901 | 53,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1900 | 63,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1899 | 67,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1898 | 62,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1897 | 60,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1896 | 61,000 | 62,000 | – |
| 1895 | 47,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1894 | 47,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1893 | 51,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1892 | 51,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1891 | 40,000 | 66,000 | – |
| 1890 | 49,000 | 66,000 | – |
| 1889 | 41,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1888 | 37,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1887 | 36,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1886 | 34,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1885 | 34,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1884 | 35,000 | 62,000 | – |
| 1883 | 36,000 | 69,000 | – |
| 1882 | 21,000 | 67,000 | – |
| 1881 | 21,000 | 66,000 | – |
| 1880 | 21,000 | 92,000 | – |
| 1879 | 17,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1878 | 16,000 | 86,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 94,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 54,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 79,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 82,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 86,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 83,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 83,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 83,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 83,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 120,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 120,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 117,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 117,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 91,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 91,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 77,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 77,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 77,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 76,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 77,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 77,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 77,000 | – |
| 1853 | – | 77,000 | – |
| 1852 | – | 49,000 | – |
| 1851 | – | 34,000 | – |
| 1850 | – | 34,000 | – |
| 1849 | – | 49,000 | – |
| 1848 | – | 47,000 | – |
| 1846 | – | 52,000 | – |
| 1844 | – | 52,000 | – |
| 1840 | – | 52,000 | – |
| 1833 | – | 52,000 | – |
| 1831 | – | 45,000 | – |
| 1830 | – | 42,000 | – |
| 1828 | – | 45,000 | – |
| 1823 | – | 45,000 | – |
| 1819 | – | 54,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, 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
Romania vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRomania: $8.81B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025