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 ~8.5 million people (3.9 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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