Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 15 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 1,375% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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