Country size comparison
Switzerland
compared to
California, USA
Switzerland is about 10 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 10.22% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (28.7 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
We have positioned the outline of California near the middle of Switzerland.
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This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Switzerland
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