Sweden is 498 times larger than New Orleans.
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: 903 km2 calculated
Population: 369,250 (2012)
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