Country size comparison
compared to
Italy is about 7 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 630% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~9.1 million people (49.8 million more people live in Italy).
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