Lower Saxony is 1.15× the size of Switzerland

What fits

• Switzerland is 87% of the size of Lower Saxony.
• Lower Saxony is larger by 6,160 km² (2,380 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Switzerland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Lower Saxony is about 1.55, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

• Lower Saxony is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 7.9 million, 1.15× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 167 in Lower Saxony: Switzerland is 1.32× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 666 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lower Saxony at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.47× the size of Switzerland instead of 1.15×.
• Together Lower Saxony and Switzerland cover 89,000 km², close to the size of Jordan (88,900 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 6,160 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Switzerland's density, Lower Saxony would have 10.5 million people (it has 7.9 million). At Lower Saxony's density, Switzerland would have 6.9 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 6.0° of latitude, about 660 km, farther north than Switzerland's.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Lower Saxony lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 663 km) north of Switzerland.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Lower Saxony would have about 5,990 m² and each person in Switzerland about 4,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Lower Saxony and Switzerland would cover 89,000 km², about the same size as Jordan.
• Together they have 17.0 million people, about as many people as Ecuador.
• Counted as a country, Lower Saxony would rank 132nd by area and 101st by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 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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