List of Cantons of Switzerland by area

This is a lists of Cantons of Switzerland ranked by area.

Rank	Area km²	% of total	Canton			Pop.	Dens.
1st	7105	17.2%	GR	Grisons	Image:Graubünden.png	185700	26
2nd	5959	14.4%	BE	Berne	Image:Bern.png	947100	158
3rd	5224	12.7%	VS	Valais	Image:Wallis.png	278200	53
4th	3212	7.8%	VD	Vaud	Image:Waadt.png	626200	194
5th	2812	6.8%	TI	Ticino	Image:Tessin.png	311900	110
6th	2026	4.9%	SG	St. Gallen	Image:Kanton St.Gallen.png	452600	223
7th	1729	4.2%	ZH	Zurich	Image:Kanton Zürich.png	1228600	710
8th	1671	4%	FR	Fribourg	Image:Fribourg.png	239100	143
9th	1493	3.6%	LU	Lucerne	Image:Luzern.png	350600	234
10th	1404	3.4%	AG	Aargau	Image:Aargau.png	550900	392
11th	1077	2.6%	UR	Uri	Image:Uri.png	35000	32
12th	991	2.4%	TG	Thurgau	Image:Thurgau.png	228200	230
13th	908	2.2%	SZ	Schwyz	Image:Schwyz.png	131400	144
14th	838	2%	JU	Jura	Image:Jura CofA.png	69100	82
15th	803	1.9%	NE	Neuchâtel	Image:Neuenburg.png	166500	207
16th	791	1.9%	SO	Solothurn	Image:Solothurn.png	245500	310
17th	685	1.7%	GL	Glarus	Image:Glarus.png	38300	55
18th	518	1.3%	BL	Basel-Country	Image:Basel Land.png	261400	504
19th	491	1.2%	OW	Obwalden	Image:Obwalden.png	32700	66
20th	298	0.7%	SH	Schaffhausen	Image:Schaffhausen.png	73400	246
21st	282	0.7%	GE	Geneva	Image:Genf.png	414300	1469
22nd	276	0.7%	NW	Nidwalden	Image:Nidwalden.png	38600	139
23rd	243	0.6%	AR	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Image:Appenzell AR.png	53200	218
24th	239	0.6%	ZG	Zug	Image:Zug.png	100900	422
25th	173	0.4%	AI	Appenzell Innerrhoden	Image:Appenzell IR.png	15000	86
26th	37	0.1%	BS	Basel-City	Image:Basel Stadt.png	186700	5045

Notes:

Population from Cantons of Switzerland#List and map (2001 data)
Population density is calculated on the area in the table, rather than on land area only.es:Cantones suizos por superficie