Sweden vs Ukraine
Sweden vs Ukraine: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 15,000 people in Sweden and 298,000 people in Ukraine, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 283,000 people, or 20 times that in Sweden.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Ukraine 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 | Sweden | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15,000 | 298,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 15,000 | 311,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 15,150 | 297,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 30,000 | 297,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 30,550 | 292,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 30,550 | 256,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 30,550 | 204,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 16,100 | 121,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 16,100 | 214,900 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 21,300 | 214,900 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 21,160 | 214,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 21,870 | 214,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 17,600 | 215,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 17,600 | 215,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 24,600 | 215,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 28,600 | 273,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 27,600 | 271,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 63,200 | 403,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 69,500 | 414,800 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 69,500 | 419,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 88,300 | 420,400 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 88,700 | 428,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 88,700 | 449,400 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 88,950 | 453,400 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 98,200 | 466,800 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 99,600 | 518,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 70,000 | 350,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 70,000 | 380,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 70,000 | 430,000 | 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 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 101,000 | – | – |
| 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
Sweden vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancySweden: 83.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSweden: 99.7% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionSweden: 4.49% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateSweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSweden: 10.6 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSweden: 0.56% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSweden: 89.1% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageSweden: 39.9 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSweden: 20.5% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSweden: $15B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personSweden: $1,549 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSweden: 5% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- National powerSweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSweden: 146 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSweden: 235 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025