Country size comparison

compared to

California is about 10 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 878% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (28.7 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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