Greenland vs Sweden: Land area in square kilometres

Greenland
410,450 sq. km
in 2023
Sweden
407,270 sq. km
in 2023
Greenland rank
58th
Sweden rank
59th

Land area in square kilometres over time

  • Greenland
  • Sweden
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k196119922023

How they compare

Greenland currently reports 410,450 sq. km against 407,270 sq. km in Sweden, a difference of 3,180 sq. km.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.

Greenland ranks 58th and Sweden ranks 59th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in square kilometres
Unit
sq. km
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Total land area, measured in square kilometres (km²). Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.