Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 3.4 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 243% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (5.7 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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