Country size comparison
compared to
Qatar is about 3.6 times smaller than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, making Qatar 28.07% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (6.0 million fewer people live in Qatar).
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