Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 10 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 945% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (4.6 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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