Country size comparison
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Turkmenistan is about 12 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 1,082% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (2.9 million fewer people live in Turkmenistan).
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