Country size comparison
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Switzerland is about 13 times smaller than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 7.82% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~41.8 million people (32.7 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
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