Country size comparison

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Russia is about 414 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 41,323% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (133.5 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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