Country size comparison

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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 ~5.3 million people (3.2 million more people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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