Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 3.9 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 25.59% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (3.3 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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