Country size comparison

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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.
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