Country size comparison
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Vanuatu is about 3.4 times smaller than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, making Vanuatu 29.53% the size of Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (8.2 million fewer people live in Vanuatu).
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