Country size comparison
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Guyana is about 5 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Guyana is approximately 214,969 sq km, making Guyana 421% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (7.7 million fewer people live in Guyana).
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