Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 1.6 times smaller than Latvia.
Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 63.91% the size of Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (7.2 million more people live in Switzerland).
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