Cameroon is 1.04× the size of Sweden
Cameroon covers about 464,000 km² (179,000 mi²) and Sweden about 446,000 km² (172,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 464,000km²Cameroon
- 446,000km²Sweden
200 km
- Cameroon
- Sweden
What fits
- Sweden is 96% of the size of Cameroon.
- Cameroon is larger by 18,100 km² (7,000 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of Sweden.
- Measured in Belgiums: Cameroon is about 15.1, Sweden about 14.5.
How they differ
- Cameroon also has the larger population: 28.4 million against 10.6 million, 2.67× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 61 in Cameroon against 24 in Sweden: Cameroon is 2.57× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,310 km apart.
- On a standard web map Sweden looks larger than Cameroon: Cameroon at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Sweden at 62°N about 4.7×, so the map shows Sweden as 4.43× the size of Cameroon, when Cameroon is 1.04× the size of Sweden.
- Together Cameroon and Sweden cover 910,000 km², close to the size of Venezuela (913,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 18,100 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
- At Sweden's density, Cameroon would have 11.0 million people (it has 28.4 million). At Cameroon's density, Sweden would have 27.3 million (it has 10.6 million).
- Sweden's centre is 56.7° of latitude, about 6,300 km, farther north than Cameroon's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Cameroon | 1.04× |
| More people | Cameroon | 2.67× |
| More crowded | Cameroon | 2.57× |
| Farther north | Sweden | 56.7° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Sweden | 4.7× against 1.0× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Cameroon | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 15.1× | 14.5× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 1.90× | 1.83× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 1.30× | 1.25× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 1.24× | 1.19× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.85× | 0.81× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.15× | 0.14× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.05× | 0.05× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.05× | 0.05× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.03× | 0.03× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Cameroon | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 464,000 km²179,000 mi² | 446,000 km²172,000 mi² |
| Population | 28.4 millionWikidata, 2023 | 10.6 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Density | 61 per km² | 24 per km² |
| Official area | 475,000 km²Wikidata | 447,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Yaoundé | Stockholm |
| Latitude range | 2°N to 13°N | 55°N to 69°N |
| Continent | Africa | Europe |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 464,000 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 475,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 447,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 446,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11