Country size comparison

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Spain is about 12 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 1,124% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (38.7 million more people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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