Country size comparison
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Sweden is about 4.8 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 20.95% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (24.9 million fewer people live in Sweden).
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