Country size comparison

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Norway is about 8 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 684% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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