Total & land area: Luxembourg vs Sweden size comparison

Sweden is 173 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 172,752 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Sweden is 157,248 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 158.2 times difference in territory size.

Luxembourg ranks 169/197 by total surface area vs 56/197 for Sweden.
Luxembourg occupies 0.002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.27% for Sweden.
51.7% of Luxembourg's area is agricultural land vs 7.32% in Sweden.
Luxembourg has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Sweden has 0.06%.
34.5% of Luxembourg is covered by forests, compared to 68.7% in Sweden.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Luxembourg, and 0.69% are in Sweden.

True size map comparison: Luxembourg vs Sweden

See how Luxembourg and Sweden compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Luxembourg	Sweden
Total area	999 sq mi	172,752 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	173
Total area rank	169/197	56/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0005%	0.09%
Land area	994 sq mi	157,248 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	158.2
Land area rank	169/197	58/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.002%	0.27%
Population	677,012	10,569,709
Population density	696 ppl/mi²	67.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Luxembourg	Sweden
Forest area	342 sq mi	108,031 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34.5%	68.7%
Forest area rank	160/196	21/196
World's forests share	0.002%	0.69%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	11,514 sq mi
Agricultural land share	51.7%	7.32%
Agricultural land area rank	160/194	104/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	0.06%
Arable land	236.8 sq mi	9,753 sq mi
Arable land share	23.8%	6.2%
Arable land area rank	155/191	74/191
Permanent cropland	5.99 sq mi	11.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.6%	0.007%
Permanent cropland area rank	179/192	171/192
Water area	4.59 sq mi	15,504 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.46%	8.97%
Water area rank	146/197	15/197
Roads length	1,786 mi	356,129 mi
Land borders length	203.2 mi	1,374 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	2,000 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	16%

Luxembourg vs Sweden size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Luxembourg and Sweden but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.