Country size comparison
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Iceland is about 2.5 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 150% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (8.2 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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Moving from Iceland to Switzerland · OECD 2023
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