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Switzerland

Switzerland's best placing is 2nd of 133 for railways by area.

Best placing: #2Railways by area
Top 10 placings: 2 / 16
Population: 9.1 million
Land area: 39,510 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Switzerland is.

Railways by area

#2 of 133

134.04 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020

GDP per person

#3 of 182

114,769 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

GDP

#20 of 182

1,043,529,899,251 US$ (current prices)

8th in Europe · World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#25 of 134

582.46 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020

Airports by area

#38 of 191

16.70 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#47 of 194

230.13 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#36 of 135

5,296 km of railway

16th in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020

Rainfall

#55 of 179

1,537 mm of precipitation per year

2nd in Europe · World Bank · 2022

Airports

#74 of 193

66 airports

22nd in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#85 of 192

7.26 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#97 of 194

32.4 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population

#98 of 195

9,092,436 people

18th in Europe · World Bank · 2025

Forest

#115 of 194

12,794 km² of forest

27th in Europe · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#126 of 194

0.0014 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#131 of 194

39,510 km² of land

30th in Europe · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#148 of 194

0.004 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

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