Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 7,505 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.01% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.6 million people (10.6 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.