Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 15 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 1,383% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (8.3 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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