Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 3.3 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 229% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (9.8 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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