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Northern Europe · sovereign state

Sweden

Kingdom of Sweden

Capital
Stockholm
Languages
Swedish
Currency
Swedish krona
People
10.6 million (2025)
Neighbours
2
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Sweden

  • Highest nobel laureates per 10 million people 28.3 · #1 of 160 · 2025
  • 5th highest life satisfaction 7.26 · #5 of 163 · 2025
  • 6th lowest road deaths 2.1 per 100k · #6 of 193 · 2021

Surprising facts about Sweden

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Sweden’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Sweden among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Sweden sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Sweden across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Countries sharing a land border. Tap one to compare. Equal-area map centred on Sweden.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people