Sweden vs United Arab Emirates

Sweden is 5.4 times larger than United Arab Emirates — 450,295 against 83,600 km². United Arab Emirates is slightly more populous, by 8.6% — 11,513,149 against 10,596,620 people.

Side by side

Population density

United Arab Emirates is 5.9 times more densely populated than Sweden — 138 against 24 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

Practical differences

• Different currencies: the Swedish krona and the United Arab Emirates dirham.
• Different continents — Europe and Asia.

Sweden

Sweden has roughly 267,000 islands, more than any other country, though only a small fraction are inhabited. Around seventy percent of it is forest, and a seventh lies above the Arctic Circle. Its right of public access lets anyone walk and camp on most uncultivated land.

United Arab Emirates

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is 828 m, the tallest building in the world, and has been since 2010. Most of the country is desert; the Liwa Oasis on the edge of the Empty Quarter carries dunes over 250 m high. Jebel Jais in the Hajar mountains reaches 1,934 m and sees occasional snow.

Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.