Russia vs Sweden
Russia vs Sweden: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 1.45 million people in Russia and 15,000 people in Sweden, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.44 million people, or 97 times that in Sweden.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Russia | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.45 million | 15,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 1.45 million | 15,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 1.45 million | 15,150 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 1.45 million | 30,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 1.45 million | 30,550 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 1.49 million | 30,550 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 1.29 million | 30,550 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 1.26 million | 16,100 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 1.36 million | 16,100 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 1.36 million | 21,300 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 1.43 million | 21,160 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 1.5 million | 21,870 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 1.48 million | 17,600 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 1.48 million | 17,600 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 1.45 million | 24,600 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 1.45 million | 28,600 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 1.45 million | 27,600 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 1.37 million | 63,200 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 1.4 million | 69,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 1.39 million | 69,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 1.43 million | 88,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 1.48 million | 88,700 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 1.7 million | 88,700 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 1.82 million | 88,950 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 1.62 million | 98,200 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 1.8 million | 99,600 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 1.4 million | 70,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 1.5 million | 70,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 1.9 million | 70,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | – | 63,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | – | 65,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | – | 62,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | – | 65,700 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | – | 69,000 | – |
| 1983 | – | 68,000 | – |
| 1982 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1981 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1980 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1979 | – | 68,000 | – |
| 1978 | – | 69,000 | – |
| 1977 | – | 69,000 | – |
| 1976 | – | 66,000 | – |
| 1975 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1974 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1973 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1972 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1971 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1970 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1969 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1968 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1967 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1966 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1965 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 70,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 80,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 80,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 29,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 29,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 28,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 28,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1944 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1942 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1940 | – | 100,000 | – |
| 1938 | – | 41,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 27,000 | – |
| 1936 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1935 | – | 39,000 | – |
| 1933 | – | 34,000 | – |
| 1932 | – | 32,000 | – |
| 1931 | – | 32,000 | – |
| 1930 | – | 39,000 | – |
| 1929 | – | 38,000 | – |
| 1928 | – | 38,000 | – |
| 1927 | – | 28,000 | – |
| 1926 | – | 28,000 | – |
| 1925 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1924 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1922 | 3.6 million | 30,000 | – |
| 1921 | 5.5 million | 25,000 | – |
| 1920 | 3.05 million | 101,000 | – |
| 1919 | 1.55 million | – | – |
| 1918 | – | 101,000 | – |
| 1917 | – | 100,000 | – |
| 1916 | – | 99,000 | – |
| 1915 | – | 80,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 86,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 74,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 74,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 71,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 65,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 67,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 67,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 67,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 64,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 95,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 103,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 73,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 75,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 63,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 63,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 63,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 62,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 63,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 63,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 63,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 63,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 66,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 66,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 64,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 64,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 65,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 65,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 65,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 62,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 69,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 67,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 66,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 92,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 64,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 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
Russia vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRussia: 76.2% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRussia: 129 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRussia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025