Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 16 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 1,518% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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