Country size comparison
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Sweden is about 11 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 991% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (2.0 million more people live in Sweden).
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