Country size comparison

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Germany is about 1.3 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 79.29% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.6 million people (72.9 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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