Yemen is 1.02× the size of Sweden

Yemen covers about 453,000 km² (175,000 mi²) and Sweden about 446,000 km² (172,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

453,000km²Yemen
446,000km²Sweden

200 km

Yemen
Sweden

What fits

Sweden is 98% of the size of Yemen.
Yemen is larger by 6,900 km² (2,660 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of Sweden.
Measured in Belgiums: Yemen is about 14.8, Sweden about 14.5.

How they differ

Yemen also has the larger population: 28.3 million against 10.6 million, 2.66× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 62 in Yemen against 24 in Sweden: Yemen is 2.62× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,720 km apart.
On a standard web map Sweden looks larger than Yemen: Yemen at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Sweden at 62°N about 4.7×, so the map shows Sweden as 4.24× the size of Yemen, when Yemen is 1.02× the size of Sweden.
Together Yemen and Sweden cover 899,000 km², close to the size of Nigeria (907,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,900 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Sweden's density, Yemen would have 10.8 million people (it has 28.3 million). At Yemen's density, Sweden would have 27.8 million (it has 10.6 million).
Sweden's centre is 46.5° of latitude, about 5,170 km, farther north than Yemen's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Yemen	1.02×
More people	Yemen	2.66×
More crowded	Yemen	2.62×
Farther north	Sweden	46.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Sweden	4.7× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Yemen	Sweden
Belgium 30,700 km²	14.8×	14.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.86×	1.83×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.27×	1.25×
Japan 374,000 km²	1.21×	1.19×
France 548,000 km²	0.83×	0.81×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.14×	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

	Yemen	Sweden
Area, main territory	453,000 km²175,000 mi²	446,000 km²172,000 mi²
Population	28.3 millionWikidata, 2017	10.6 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	62 per km²	24 per km²
Official area	456,000 km²Wikidata	447,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Sanaa; Aden	Stockholm
Latitude range	12°N to 19°N	55°N to 69°N
Continent	Asia	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 456,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 453,000 km², to within 2%.
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

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