Country size comparison
compared to
Sweden is around the same size as Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 97.29% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (890,149 more people live in Sweden).
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