Louisiana (USA) is 2.7 times larger than Switzerland.
Area: 41,277 km2 World Factbook
Population: 8,061,516 (July 2014) World Factbook
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, the so-called Bundesstadt. Wikipedia
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Louisiana is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. Wikipedia