This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Norway and Sweden. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
The data for each country can be found here: Norway and Sweden
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Sweden
Norway
General information
Norway | Sweden | |
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Region: | Northern Europe | Northern Europe |
Area: | 385,203 km² | 447,430 km² |
National language: | Norwegian | Swedish |
Government form: | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
Independent since: | 1905 AD | 836 AD |
Capital: | Oslo | Stockholm |
Population
Details for Norway and SwedenNorway | Sweden | |
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Population: | 5,408,000 | 10,416,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 14.0 | 23.3 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 82 years | Ø 81 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 85 years |
Average age: | Ø 39.5 years | Ø 41.1 years |
Birth rate: | 10.40 ‰ | 11.00 ‰ |
Death rate: | 7.80 ‰ | 8.80 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 3.89 ‰ | 3.79 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Norway | Sweden | |
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Political stability: | 89 | 87 |
Civil rights: | 99 | 100 |
Health: | 90 | 86 |
Climate: | 16 | 22 |
Cost of Living: | 1 | 17 |
Popularity: | 37 | 38 |
Economy
Details for Norway and SwedenNorway | Sweden | |
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Currency: | Norwegian krone (1 NOK = 100 Øre) | Swedish krone (1 SEK =100 Öre) |
Unemployment rate: | 3.2 % | 7.4 % |
Inflation rate: | 5.76 % | 8.37 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 112.98 % | 96.11 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 36.20 % | 49.10 % |
Average income: | 83,880 US$ | 59,540 US$ |
Corruption index: | 16 (good) | 17 (good) |
NOR: total | per 1000 inh. | SWE: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 482,175 M US$ | 89.15 M US$ | 635,664 M US$ | 61.03 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 453,625 M US$ | 83.88 M US$ | 620,154 M US$ | 59.54 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 321,076 M US$ | 59.37 M US$ | 290,620 M US$ | 27.90 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 156,924 M US$ | 29.02 M US$ | 263,340 M US$ | 25.28 M US$ |
Gross debt: | 108,777 M US$ | 20.11 M US$ | 185,090 M US$ | 17.77 M US$ |
Budget surplus: | 21,128 M US$ | 3.91 M US$ | 4,323 M US$ | 0.42 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Norway and SwedenNOR: total | per 1000 inh. | SWE: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 94,902 km | 17.55 km | 573,134 km | 55.03 km |
Railways: | 4,200 km | 0.78 km | 9,701 km | 0.93 km |
Waterways: | 1,577 km | 0.29 km | 2,052 km | 0.20 km |
Harbours: | 1,644 | 0.3040 | 370 | 0.0355 |
Passenger airports: | 49 | 0.0091 | 40 | 0.0038 |
Energy balance
Details for Norway and SwedenNOR: total | per 1000 inh. | SWE: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Production capacity: | 336.03 bn kWh | 62.13 m kWh | 381.05 bn kWh | 36.58 m kWh |
Energy consumption: | 124.29 bn kWh | 22.98 m kWh | 124.61 bn kWh | 11.96 m kWh |
Energy production: | 153.67 bn kWh | 28.41 m kWh | 160.04 bn kWh | 15.37 m kWh |
Energy export: | 24.97 bn kWh | 4.62 m kWh | 36.82 bn kWh | 3.54 m kWh |
Energy imports: | 4.50 bn kWh | 831,311.76 kWh | 11.83 bn kWh | 1.14 m kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 35.95 m t | 6,646.50 t | 35.00 m t | 3,360.44 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Norway and SwedenNorway | Sweden | |
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International dialing: | +47 | +46 |
Internet domain: | .no | .se |
NOR total | NOR per 1000 inh. | SWE total | SWE per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 348,808 | 64 | 1,382,146 | 133 |
Mobile cellulars: | 5,825,584 | 1077 | 12,843,683 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 3,588,000 | 663 | 5,978,000 | 574 |
Internet users: | 5,354,237 | 990 | 9,197,972 | 883 |
Broadband Internet: | 2,387,661 | 441 | 4,253,442 | 408 |
Healthcare system
Details for Norway and SwedenNorway | Sweden | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 3.53 | 2.14 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.63 | 5.40 |
Diabetes: | 5.3 % | 4.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.03 ‰ | 0.04 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 89.0 % | 72.0 % |
Smokers: | 16.2 % | 24.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Norway and Sweden
Norway | Sweden | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 9.0 °C | 9.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 2.1 °C | 2.6 °C |
Water temperature: | 8.8 °C | 7.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 78 % | 79 % |
Rain days: | 11.5 | 9.2 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 4.2 | 5.1 |
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Sweden
Norway
Native languages
Norway | Sweden | |
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Norwegian: | 96.6 % | 0.5 % |
Swedish: | 0.3 % | 89.5 % |
Finnish: | n/a | 2.4 % |
North Slavic languages: | n/a | 1.3 % |
Arabic: | n/a | 0.8 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 0.6 % |
English: | 0.5 % | n/a |
Danish: | 0.4 % | n/a |
other: | 2.2 % | 4.9 % |
Religions
Norway | Sweden | |
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State religion: | Norwegian Church (Evangelical Lutheran) | none |
Christianity: | 87.8 % | 87.0 % |
Islam: | 2.3 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 9.9 % | 12.8 % |