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by kwhitefoot 2211 days ago
> the 10M residents of Sweden are much more spread than in MA.

Probably not. Swedes are a fairly urban people, many living in blocks of flats in cities.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Stockholm:

    Population (31 December 2019)[3][4][5]
     • Capital city 975,904
     • Density 5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
     • Urban[6] 1,605,030
     • Urban density 4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
     • Metro 2,377,081
     • Metro density 360/km2 (940/sq mi)
And here is Boston:

    Population (2019)[2][3][4][5][6]
     • City 692,600
     • Density 14,344/sq mi (5,538/km2)
     • Urban 4,180,000 (US: 10th)
     • Metro 4,628,910 (US: 10th)[1]
So Sweden might be twenty times the size but the urban population density is not so wildly different.