Country size comparison

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Switzerland is about 2.5 times smaller than Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 40.25% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (507,674 more people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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