Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 2.5 times smaller than Kentucky.
Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 40.12% the size of Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.6 million people (4.5 million more people live in Switzerland).
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