Washington State is 4.20× the size of Switzerland

What fits

• Switzerland fits inside Washington State about 4.20 times by area.
• Washington State is larger by 133,000 km² (51,200 mi²), which is 320% of the area of Switzerland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Washington State is about 5.68, Switzerland about 1.35.

How they differ

• Washington State is larger, but Switzerland has the larger population: 9.1 million against 7.7 million, 1.18× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 220 in Switzerland against 44 in Washington State: Switzerland is 4.96× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,420 km apart.
• Together Washington State and Switzerland cover 216,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 2.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 133,000 km², is about the size of Greece (131,000 km²).
• At Switzerland's density, Washington State would have 38.3 million people (it has 7.7 million). At Washington State's density, Switzerland would have 1.8 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Washington State's centre is 0.6° of latitude, about 60 km, farther north than Switzerland's.
• Washington State is the 21st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 22nd 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 Washington State would have about 22,600 m² and each person in Switzerland about 4,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Washington State and Switzerland would cover 216,000 km², about the same size as Guyana.
• Together they have 16.8 million people, about as many people as Senegal.
• Counted as a country, Washington State would rank 91st by area and 102nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 174,000 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 185,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.

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