Country size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 36 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 3,489% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (7.8 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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