Country size comparison
compared to
Massachusetts is about 2 times smaller than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 49.19% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~9.1 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in Massachusetts).
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