Country size comparison
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Switzerland is around the same size as Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 99.36% the size of Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Try dragging the outline to reposition.
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