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Belgium vs Sweden

This page compares Belgium and Sweden across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator Belgium Sweden Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.50 8.60 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.20 9.30 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 927,205.00 871,967.00 Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.31 50.37 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.39 11.14 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 73.08 51.86 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.30 82.60 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.74 0.57 Compare →
Population, male 5.85M 5.32M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 7.52M 6.58M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 32.40 33.32 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 18.66 19.31 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 63.45 62.27 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.09M 1.03M Compare →
Urban population 10.39M 9.39M Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 43.50 32.91 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.69 49.63 Compare →
Rural population 1.47M 1.18M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 2.44M 2.19M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 25.21 27.28 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.76 63.35 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.42 16.62 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.06 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 87.65 90.82 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.40 85.60 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.44 1.43 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.61 88.86 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.90M 1.80M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 22.41 22.21 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 92.37 94.17 Compare →
Population, total 11.86M 10.57M Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 57.61 60.60 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.67 0.31 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 62.17 61.17 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 16.58 17.35 Compare →
Population, female 6.01M 5.25M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 1.35M 1.16M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 3.74M 3.21M Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.30 84.06 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 969,713.00 923,380.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 3.50 1.70 Compare →
Net migration 31,989.00 47,079.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 3.79M 3.37M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 20.56 20.75 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.00 16.99 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 20.00 21.40 Compare →

Environment

Indicator Belgium Sweden Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 386.30 25.87 Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator Belgium Sweden Detail
Surface area (sq. km) 30,689.00 528,660.00 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 1,125.60 3,860.99 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 3.69 0.93 Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.