Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 3.3 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 30.4% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (9.8 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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