Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 2.1 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 47.53% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (53.4 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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