Country size comparison

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Pennsylvania is about 2.8 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 181% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (4.2 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Pennsylvania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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