Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 2 times smaller than Austria.
Austria is approximately 83,871 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 49.21% the size of Austria. Meanwhile, the population of Austria is ~9.2 million people (115,727 fewer people live in Switzerland).
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