Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 1.7 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 59.83% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (9.2 million fewer people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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