Geography Statistics of Switzerland
- Coastline: 0 km landlocked (0 miles)
- Land Area:
( land) 15,443 sq miles (39,997 sq km)
( water) 494 sq miles (1,280 sq km)
( TOTAL) 15,937 sq miles (41,277 sq km)
To convert sq km (kilometers) to sq mi (miles)
use our converter - Land Area: (all countries)
- Land Divisions: There are 26 cantons in Switzerland, including: Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
- Horizontal Width: 233.14 miles (374.97 km) from Bern east to Chur
- Vertical Length: 273.45 miles (439.35 km) from Locarno north to Schaffhausen
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections - Bordering Countries: (5) Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany
- Geographic Center: About 27.8 miles (44.74 km) south of Lucerne
- Highest Point: Dufourspitze 15,206 ft (4,634 m)
- Lowest Point: Lake Maggiore 639 ft (195 m)
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Switzerland's Information

Land Area | 39,997 km2 |
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Water Area | 1,280 km2 |
Total Area | 41,277km2 (#132) |
Population | 8,179,294 (#97) |
Population Density | 204.50/km2 |
Government Type | Federal Republic (formally A Confederation) |
GDP (PPP) | $496.00 Billion |
GDP Per Capita | 59,400$ |
Currency | Franc (CHF) |
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