Country size comparison
compared to
Netherlands is around the same size as Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 1% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (8.9 million more people live in Netherlands).
This to-scale comparison of
Switzerland
vs.
Netherlands
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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