Country size comparison

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Kuwait is about 25 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 3.96% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.6 million people (5.7 million fewer people live in Kuwait).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Kuwait uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Kuwait to Sweden · OECD 2023
2 people moved from Kuwait to Sweden.
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