Country size comparison
compared to
Sweden is about 6 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 477% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (5.9 million more people live in Sweden).
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