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title: "Sweden vs United States — area, population, currency"
description: "Sweden is 450,295 km² with 10,596,620 people; United States is 9,833,517 km² with 341,784,857. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/sweden-vs-united-states/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Sweden vs United States

**Sweden vs United States: United States is larger; United States has more people**

450,295 km² vs 9,833,517 km² · 10,596,620 vs 341,784,857

United States is 22 times larger than Sweden — 9,833,517 against 450,295 km². United States is 32 times more populous than Sweden — 341,784,857 against 10,596,620 people.

## Side by side

|  | Sweden | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Stockholm | Washington, D.C. |
| Area | 450,295 km² | 9,833,517 km² |
| Population | 10,596,620 (2025) | 341,784,857 (2025) |
| Density | 23.5 /km² | 34.8 /km² |
| Currency | Swedish krona (SEK) | United States dollar (USD) |
| Official languages | Swedish | English |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +46 | +1 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | North America |
| ISO codes | SE / SWE | US / USA |

## Population density

United States is 1.5 times more densely populated than Sweden — 35 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 States dollar.
- United States spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Europe and North America.

## 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 States

Third or fourth largest country in the world depending on how China's area is counted. It spans six standard time zones across the fifty states, from UTC-10 in Hawaii to UTC-5 on the east coast. Death Valley holds the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth, 56.7 °C in 1913, and is 86 m below sea level; Denali, 5,500 km away in Alaska, is 6,190 m.

> 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.

## Common questions

### Is Sweden bigger than United States?

United States is larger — 9,833,517 km² against 450,295 km².

### Which has more people, Sweden or United States?

United States, with 341,784,857 against 10,596,620.

### What is the time difference between Sweden and United States?

Sweden is UTC+01:00 and United States is UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]