CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia is 91% bigger than Switzerland

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 3,032 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 38% of Switzerland

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Czechia has 20% more people than Switzerland

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Switzerland is 63% more densely populated than Czechia

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 2.5 cm taller than in Switzerland

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 178.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 3.6 cm taller than in Switzerland

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 164.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 0.38 years older than in Switzerland

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Czechia have 0.1 more children on average than in Switzerland

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 20% in Switzerland

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 59% more refugees per resident than Switzerland

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Czechia 5.5

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Czechia 2

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Switzerland’s economy is 2.7 times the size of Czechia’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Switzerland produces 69% more per person than Czechia

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Czechia (Gini 7.8 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Switzerland and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 2.8% in Czechia

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Czechia’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Switzerland spends 4.4 times as much on health per person as Czechia

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Switzerland live 4.4 years longer than in Czechia

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Switzerland: 84.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Switzerland is 62% more likely to die before turning one than in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Switzerland has 3% more doctors per person than Czechia

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 49% more hospital beds per person than Switzerland

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Czechia is 5% higher than in Switzerland

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 23% in Switzerland

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.20 points higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 54% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 29% more meat per person than Switzerland

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Switzerland has 18 kcal more food per person per day than Czechia

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 245 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Switzerland went to school 0.99 year longer than in Czechia

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 32% more tourists per resident than Switzerland (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (17 against 13)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Czechia 111

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 88% in Czechia

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Switzerland is 2.1 times as fast as in Czechia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Czechia and Switzerland are practically level

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Czechia 127

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Switzerland’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Switzerland fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 32% of Switzerland

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Switzerland

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Czechia carries 34% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 29% more likely to be murdered in Czechia than in Switzerland

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Czechia are 82% deadlier than in Switzerland

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Czechia is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Switzerland

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Switzerland gets 2 times as much rain as Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than Switzerland?

Czechia is larger. Czechia is 91% bigger than Switzerland.

Which has more people, Czechia or Switzerland?

Czechia has 20% more people than Switzerland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Switzerland?

People in Switzerland live 4.4 years longer than in Czechia. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 84.4 in Switzerland.

Are people taller in Czechia or Switzerland?

Men in Czechia are 2.5 cm taller than in Switzerland (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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