Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 1.4 times bigger than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 39% larger than Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (4.9 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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