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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by plqbfbv on Monday June 08, 2026 @03:50PM (#48450813)
Yeah, but while Belgium is basically a huge plain, Switzerland is 60% Alps.

If you account for that, the effective density of Switzerland on the usable area is 600–700 people/km².

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by jrflowers on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:20PM (#48451300)
Looks like it’s 380 in the Swiss Plateau (you might be mixing up sq km and sq mi), which puts its at about ~70% of the population density of the Netherlands as a whole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Plateau

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by plqbfbv on Monday June 08, 2026 @05:52PM (#48452741)
Fair, I had a quick look, 600-700 is likely for the big cities areas.
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