Country size comparison

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Libya is about 3.9 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 291% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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