Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 1.16× the size of Switzerland

What fits

• Switzerland is 86% of the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger by 6,560 km² (2,530 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Switzerland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is about 1.56, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 2.8 million, 3.25× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Switzerland is 3.76× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 263 km apart.
• Together Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Switzerland cover 89,400 km², close to the size of Jordan (88,900 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 6,560 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Switzerland's density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 10.5 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Switzerland would have 2.4 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Their centres lie at almost the same latitude.
• Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Both lie at about the same latitude, 47°N and 47°N.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have about 17,120 m² and each person in Switzerland about 4,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Switzerland would cover 89,400 km², about the same size as Jordan.
• Together they have 11.9 million people, about as many people as Belgium.
• Counted as a country, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would rank 132nd by area and 140th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.

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