Country size comparison
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Rwanda is about 1.6 times smaller than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 63.81% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (4.7 million more people live in Rwanda).
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