Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 6 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 541% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (5.2 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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