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Switzerland: map and facts
Switzerland is in Western Europe. It has about 9.09 million people (2025), the 98th largest population. It covers 41,291 km², the 132nd largest by area. That is about 220 people per km². Its highest point is Dufourspitze, at 4,634 m. The longest river on its map is the Rhine, 1,233 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 9,092,436 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 41,291 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Bern
- Highest point: Dufourspitze, 4,634 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 32% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Switzerland, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Rhine: 1,233 km
- Rhone: 812 km
- Inn: 517 km
- Doubs: 453 km
- Aare: 295 km
- Ticino: 248 km
- Reuss: 159 km
- Limmat: 36 km
- Thielle: 18 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Dufourspitze: 4,634 m (its highest point)
- Matterhorn: 4,478 m
- Finsteraarhorn: 4,274 m
- Grauspitze: 2,599 m
Mountain ranges: Alps and Jura Mountains.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 29.6%, mixed forest 18.5%, savanna 16.1%, wooded savanna 12.9%, farmland 5.5%, bare ground 4.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 63.7%, hills 25.2%, high mountains 10.1%, plateaus 1%.
Forests covered 32% of its land in 2024, up from 29.2% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Switzerland shares land borders with Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Liechtenstein on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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