Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is about 1.9 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 54.1% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (57.3 million more people live in United Kingdom).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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