Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 3.8 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 283% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (4.3 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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