Switzerland is about 4.2 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 23.95% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (1.8 million more people live in Switzerland).
This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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