Sweden covers 450,295 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.3% of all land on Earth. It ranks 56th of 237 countries worldwide and 5th in Europe. At 62° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 4.7×, drawing it closer to 2,095,538 km², a difference of roughly 365%.
For scale, Sweden is roughly the same size as Uzbekistan (447,400 km²).
You could fit 3 of Bangladesh inside Sweden.
Sweden: key figures
| True area | 450,295 km² |
| World rank | 56th |
| Share of world land | 0.3% |
| Rank in Europe | 5th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 4.7× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 2,095,538 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)