Geography & Planet Earth

How many islands does Sweden have, according to Statistics Sweden's official inventory, which counts every patch of land surrounded by water down to just 9 square meters?

Answer

267,570 islands

Sweden has more islands than any other country on Earth, yet fewer than 1,000 of them are inhabited. The Stockholm archipelago alone holds around 30,000.

Source: Statistics Sweden

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