Country size comparison
compared to
Sweden is about 1.9 times bigger than United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 85% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (57.3 million fewer people live in Sweden).
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Moving from Sweden to United Kingdom · OECD 2015
2,000 people moved from Sweden to United Kingdom.
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