Sweden is 1,915 times larger than Des Moines, Iowa.
Area: 450,295 km2 World Factbook
Population: 9,723,809 (July 2014) World Factbook
Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. Sweden borders Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund. Wikipedia
Area: 235 km2 calculated
Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. Wikipedia