Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 1.3 times bigger than Germany.

Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 26% larger than Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~84.3 million people (73.8 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Germany vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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