Country size comparison
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Latvia is about 1.6 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, making Latvia 56% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~9.1 million people (7.2 million fewer people live in Latvia).
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