Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 5 times smaller than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 20.02% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.8 million people (3.3 million more people live in Switzerland).
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