Country size comparison
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Sierra Leone is about 1.7 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, making Sierra Leone 74% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (183,908 more people live in Sierra Leone).
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