Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 1.2 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 85.29% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (20.5 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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