Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 9 times smaller than Japan.
Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 10.92% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (115.7 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
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