Country size comparison

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New York is about 3 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 196% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (10.9 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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