Country size comparison
compared to
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 ~9.1 million people (4.0 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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