Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 1.4 times bigger than Belgium.
Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 35% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
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