Country size comparison

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Kuwait is about 2.3 times smaller than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 43.17% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (5.4 million fewer people live in Kuwait).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Kuwait uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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