Total & land area: Dominica vs Switzerland size comparison

Switzerland is 55 times bigger by total area compared to Dominica: 15,943 sq mi vs 290 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Switzerland is 15,255 sq mi vs 289.6 sq mi for Dominica — a 52.7 times difference in territory size.

Dominica ranks 175/197 by total surface area vs 131/197 for Switzerland.
Dominica occupies 0.0005% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Switzerland.
33.3% of Dominica's area is agricultural land vs 37.8% in Switzerland.
Dominica has 0.0005% of the world's agricultural land area — Switzerland has 0.03%.
63.8% of Dominica is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Switzerland.
0.001% of the world's forests are in Dominica, and 0.03% are in Switzerland.

True size map comparison: Dominica vs Switzerland

See how Dominica and Switzerland compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Dominica	Switzerland
Total area	290 sq mi	15,943 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	55
Total area rank	175/197	131/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0001%	0.008%
Land area	289.6 sq mi	15,255 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	52.7
Land area rank	175/197	131/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0005%	0.03%
Population	66,205	9,005,582
Population density	226.3 ppl/mi²	596 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Dominica	Switzerland
Forest area	184.8 sq mi	4,940 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	63.8%	32.4%
Forest area rank	163/196	116/196
World's forests share	0.001%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	96.5 sq mi	5,765 sq mi
Agricultural land share	33.3%	37.8%
Agricultural land area rank	173/194	129/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0005%	0.03%
Arable land	23.2 sq mi	1,531 sq mi
Arable land share	8%	10%
Arable land area rank	172/191	130/191
Permanent cropland	65.6 sq mi	97.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	22.7%	0.64%
Permanent cropland area rank	148/192	144/192
Water area	0.42 sq mi	688 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.15%	4.31%
Water area rank	160/197	96/197
Roads length	940 mi	52,266 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,100 mi
Coastline length	92 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Dominica vs Switzerland size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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