Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 1.2 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 17% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.6 million people (31.2 million more people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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