Country size comparison

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Italy is about 1.5 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 66.92% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (50.6 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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