Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 2.8 times smaller than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 35.56% the size of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
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