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Sweden: map and facts
Sweden is in Northern Europe. It has about 10.6 million people (2025), the 92nd largest population. It covers 450,020 km², the 55th largest by area. That is about 24 people per km². Its highest point is Kebnekaise, at 2,097 m. The longest river on its map is the Torne, 470 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 10,596,620 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 450,020 km² (UN Demographic Yearbook)
- Capital: Stockholm
- Highest point: Kebnekaise, 2,097 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 68.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Sweden, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Torne: 470 km
- Ume: 467 km
- Kalix: 461 km
- Vindel: 450 km
- Ljusnan: 440 km
- Indalsalven: 420 km
- Pite: 400 km
- Ljungan: 350 km
- Vasterdal: 315 km
- Muonio: 230 km
Also on the map: Dalalven, Eman, Svartan, Gota alv, Skelleftealven, Angermanalven, Stora Lulealven, Lule alv, Klaralven and Motala ström.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Kebnekaise: 2,097 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Scandinavian Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Scandinavia and Lapland.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): wooded savanna 35.2%, evergreen conifer forest 32.1%, mixed forest 7.7%, savanna 6.2%, open shrubland 5.8%, grassland 4.8%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 50.8%, plains 36.5%, mountains 8%, plateaus 4.7%.
Forests covered 68.6% of its land in 2024, down from 68.9% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #9 in lead among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Sweden shares land borders with Aland, Finland and Norway on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
- Some figures corrected by Make Me Smarter from published references: Australian Bureau of Statistics; Atlas of Canada; CIA World Factbook (archived); FAO; FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025; FSM Statistics; GeoNames; Gilbertson & Gilbertson's GPS surveys of national high points; INEGI (Mexico); Peaklist.org; PeakVisor; Government of the Pitcairn Islands; Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program; Statistics Finland; UN Demographic Yearbook; UN World Population Prospects 2024; Wikidata; Wikipedia.
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