Sweden's numbers of dead are surpassing Australia, Canada, Norway, Austria and on and on...
They are not really doing that well.
They are not really doing that well.
As such it is logical to assume that Sweden's numbers will spike higher faster....while Norway should see a more spread out result. Ultimately we'll see where the death totals line up. Sweden's population is put at 10.12 million using google, while Norway is listed at 5.368 again using google.
Median age in Sweden (half younger, half older) is 41.1 which is a little older than Norway's which comes in at 39.2 years.
So Norway's population is 53% the size of Norways....so if each country's response ends up yielding similar results, for every 100 Swedish deaths from covid-19 there should be about 53 in Norway when the pandemic has run its course....Sweden's should probably be a little bit higher because their population is a little bit older...but it shouldn't be a huge difference.
The big difference, if Sweden's approach means about the same overall mortality as Norway's....is that Sweden's deaths should be shorter and more intense, with Norway's being spread out.
We shall see what the results were in another couple months I'm guessing.