Country size comparison
compared to
Taiwan is around the same size as Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, making Taiwan 87.17% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~9.1 million people (14.3 million more people live in Taiwan).
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