Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 2.8 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 35.54% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (14.0 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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