Country size comparison
California, USA
compared to
Switzerland
California is about 10 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 878% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (28.7 million more people live in California).
We have positioned the outline of Switzerland near the middle of California.
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This to-scale comparison of
Switzerland
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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