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title: "Switzerland — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Switzerland: capital Bern, area 41,277 km², population 9,092,436 (2025), currency Swiss franc. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/switzerland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Switzerland

**Switzerland: Capital Bern**

41,277 km² · 9,092,436 people (2025) · Swiss franc

The most mountainous country in Europe: the Alps cover about sixty percent of it and it has 48 peaks over 4,000 m. The Gotthard Base Tunnel, 57 km long, is the longest and deepest rail tunnel in the world. Switzerland has four official languages and about 1,500 lakes.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Bern
- **Largest city:** Zurich
- **Area:** 41,277 km² — 15,937 sq mi
- **Population:** 9,092,436 (2025)
- **Density:** 220.3 people per km²
- **Currency:** Swiss franc (CHF, Fr.)
- **Official languages:** German, French, Italian, Romansh
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +41
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** CH · CHE
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 133 of 200
- **By population:** 99 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | 43,094 | 6,009,169 |
| Netherlands | 41,543 | 18,087,633 |
| Switzerland ← | 41,277 | 9,092,436 |
| Bhutan | 38,394 | 796,682 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 | 2,249,515 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Switzerland?

Bern

### What currency does Switzerland use?

The Swiss franc (CHF).

### How big is Switzerland?

41,277 km², or 15,937 square miles — 133 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Switzerland drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Denmark](https://atoneplace.net/country/denmark/)
- [Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/)
- [Bhutan](https://atoneplace.net/country/bhutan/)
- [Guinea-Bissau](https://atoneplace.net/country/guinea-bissau/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]