Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Switzerland fits inside Kazakhstan 66 times
Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024) · Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 2,376 m above Switzerland’s
Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 38% of Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Kazakhstan has 2.3 times as many people as Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Switzerland is 30 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Switzerland are 3.2 cm taller than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 178.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Switzerland are 2.6 cm taller than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 164.3 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Switzerland is 13 years older than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Kazakhstan have 1.7 more children on average than in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 9% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Switzerland hosts 109 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none
Kazakhstan: 0 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)
How many official languages?
Switzerland has 4 official languages, Kazakhstan 2
Kazakhstan: 2 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Switzerland’s economy is 3.4 times the size of Kazakhstan’s
Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Switzerland produces 2.3 times as much per person as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Kazakhstan (Gini 4.3 points higher)
Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Switzerland and Kazakhstan are practically level
Kazakhstan: 0% (2021) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Switzerland and Kazakhstan are practically level
Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Switzerland and Kazakhstan are practically level
Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Kazakhstan’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%
Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.4× Kazakhstan’s
Kazakhstan: 33% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Switzerland spends 24 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: $490 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Switzerland live 9.9 years longer than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024) · Switzerland: 84.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Kazakhstan is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Switzerland has 19% more doctors per person than Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Kazakhstan has 49% more hospital beds per person than Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 57% higher than in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 21% in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.38 points higher than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Switzerland drink 47% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Kazakhstan has 1% more meat per person than Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Switzerland has 266 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Kazakhstan put in 446 more hours a year than in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Switzerland went to school 1.4 years longer than in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Switzerland welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as Kazakhstan (2019)
Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Switzerland has 6 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (13 against 7)
Kazakhstan: 7 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87
Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 93% in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 93% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Switzerland is 2.4 times as fast as in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Kazakhstan and Switzerland are practically level
Kazakhstan: 100% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 62% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kazakhstan 127
Kazakhstan: 127 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Kazakhstan’s railway network is 3.9 times as long as Switzerland’s
Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Switzerland fly 5.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Kazakhstan emits 3.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Kazakhstan carries 78% more fine dust than in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 4.3 times as likely to be murdered in Kazakhstan as in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Kazakhstan are 5.2 times as deadly as in Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Kazakhstan is on average 1.3 °C warmer than Switzerland
Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Switzerland gets 4.9 times as much rain as Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Kazakhstan bigger than Switzerland?
Kazakhstan is larger. Switzerland fits inside Kazakhstan 66 times.
Which has more people, Kazakhstan or Switzerland?
Kazakhstan has 2.3 times as many people as Switzerland (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Kazakhstan or Switzerland?
People in Switzerland live 9.9 years longer than in Kazakhstan. Life expectancy at birth is 74.5 years in Kazakhstan and 84.4 in Switzerland.
Are people taller in Kazakhstan or Switzerland?
Men in Switzerland are 3.2 cm taller than in Kazakhstan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
