Country size comparison
compared to
Sweden is about 11 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 984% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Netherlands
vs.
Sweden
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Try dragging the outline to reposition.
Compare further: Sweden vs. Netherlands
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Sweden on top of Netherlands
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 5 statistics
Be 53.1% less likely to be unemployed in Netherlands
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Netherlands is 2.1 times more expensive than Sweden overall
→
Moving from Sweden to Netherlands · OECD 2023
1,496 people moved from Sweden to Netherlands.
→
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.