Country size comparison
compared to
Israel is about 1.9 times smaller than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 53.15% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (406,187 more people live in Israel).
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