New South Wales is 19.4× the size of Switzerland

What fits

• Switzerland fits inside New South Wales about 19.4 times by area.
• New South Wales is larger by 760,000 km² (294,000 mi²), which is 1,835% of the area of Switzerland.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

• New South Wales is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 8.5 million, 1.07× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 11 in New South Wales: Switzerland is 20.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Switzerland at 47°N about 2.1×, so the map shows New South Wales as 12.7× the size of Switzerland instead of 19.4×.
• Together New South Wales and Switzerland cover 843,000 km², close to the size of Namibia (823,000 km², 2.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 760,000 km², is about the size of Zambia (752,000 km²).
• At Switzerland's density, New South Wales would have 176.2 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Switzerland would have 442,000 (it has 9.1 million).
• Switzerland's centre is 79.0° of latitude, about 8,780 km, farther north than New South Wales's.
• New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Switzerland lies about 79° of latitude (roughly 8,780 km) north of New South Wales, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New South Wales would have about 93,850 m² and each person in Switzerland about 4,550 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Switzerland would cover 843,000 km², about the same size as Namibia.
• Together they have 17.6 million people, about as many people as Malawi.
• Counted as a country, New South Wales would rank 36th by area and 100th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 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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