Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 1.5 times bigger than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 49% larger than Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (48.3 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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