Country size comparison
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Somalia is about 15 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 1,445% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~9.1 million people (10.6 million more people live in Somalia).
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