Country size comparison

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Russia is about 38 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 3,697% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (131.5 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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