Israel vs Sweden
Sweden has 5% more people than Israel: 10,596,620 vs 10,122,800, a gap of 473,820. Israel is growing faster (+1.20% vs +0.25% a year), adding about 121,324 people a year against +26,945. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Israel would overtake Sweden in about 5 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2030) — a projection, not a forecast. Sweden is the older society: 20.9% aged 65+ against 12.7% in Israel, while Israel has more children (27.2% under 15 vs 16.7%). Israel is 17.6× as densely populated (455.1 vs 25.9 people per km²).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Israel) and 2025 (Sweden); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Israel vs Sweden — side by side
 Israel |  Sweden | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,122,8002025 | 10,596,6202025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.20%2025 | +0.25%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 18.62024 | 9.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.32024 | 8.62024 |
| Children per woman | 2.872024 | 1.432024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.2 yrs2024 | 84.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 27.2%2025 | 16.7%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 12.7%2025 | 20.9%2025 |
| Density | 455.1 /km²2023 | 25.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 22,070 km²2023 | 528,660 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 91.6%2025 | 89.1%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +11,4662025 | +47,0792025 |
| GDP per capita | $60,3372025 | $63,1332025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #95 | #92 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.12% | 0.13% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Israel: 4.8× from 1960 to 2025; Sweden: 1.4× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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