Sweden is 12.4× the size of Baden-Württemberg

Sweden (Europe) covers about 446,000 km² (172,000 mi²) and Baden-Württemberg (state of Germany) about 36,100 km² (13,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

446,000km²Sweden
36,100km²Baden-Württemberg

200 km

Sweden
Baden-Württemberg

What fits

Baden-Württemberg fits inside Sweden about 12.4 times by area.
Sweden is larger by 410,000 km² (158,000 mi²), which is 1,135% of the area of Baden-Württemberg.
Measured in Belgiums: Sweden is about 14.5, Baden-Württemberg about 1.18.

How they differ

Sweden is larger, but Baden-Württemberg has the larger population: 11.1 million against 10.6 million, 1.05× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 307 in Baden-Württemberg against 24 in Sweden: Baden-Württemberg is 12.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sweden at 62°N is drawn about 4.7× too large and Baden-Württemberg at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Sweden as 25.2× the size of Baden-Württemberg instead of 12.4×.
Together Sweden and Baden-Württemberg cover 482,000 km², close to the size of Somalia (472,000 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 410,000 km², is about the size of Paraguay (400,000 km²).
At Baden-Württemberg's density, Sweden would have 137.2 million people (it has 10.6 million). At Sweden's density, Baden-Württemberg would have 859,000 (it has 11.1 million).
Sweden's centre is 13.8° of latitude, about 1,540 km, farther north than Baden-Württemberg's.
Sweden ranks 59th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Baden-Württemberg is the 3rd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 10% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Sweden lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,540 km) north of Baden-Württemberg.
Shared out evenly, each person in Sweden would have about 42,050 m² and each person in Baden-Württemberg about 3,250 m².
Laid side by side, Sweden and Baden-Württemberg would cover 482,000 km², about the same size as Somalia.
Together they have 21.7 million people, about as many people as Niger.
Counted as a country, Baden-Württemberg would rank 138th by area and 82nd by population.

Side by side

	Sweden	Baden-Württemberg
Is a	CountryEurope	StateGermany
Area, measured	446,000 km²172,000 mi²	36,100 km²13,900 mi²
Official area	447,000 km²Wikidata	35,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	58th of 239worldwide	3rd of 16in Germany
Population	10.6 millionWikidata, 2025	11.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	87th of 237worldwide	3rd of 16in Germany
Density	24 per km²	307 per km²
Capital	Stockholm	Stuttgart
Latitude range	55°N to 69°N	48°N to 50°N

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 447,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 446,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 35,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 36,100 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
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: 2026-11-12

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