Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1.4 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 42% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (1.9 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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