Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 18 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 1,679% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (4.7 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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