Country size comparison
compared to
Switzerland is about 1.5 times smaller than West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 66.19% the size of West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (6.7 million more people live in Switzerland).
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