Switzerland covers 41,291 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.03% of all land on Earth. It ranks 135th of 237 countries worldwide and 31st in Europe. At 47° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.1×, drawing it closer to 88,111 km², a difference of roughly 113%.
For scale, Switzerland is roughly the same size as Denmark (42,947 km²).
Switzerland: key figures
| True area | 41,291 km² |
| World rank | 135th |
| Share of world land | 0.03% |
| Rank in Europe | 31st / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.1× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 88,111 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)