Bern
54 km²
Zurich
187 km²
City Map Compare/Bern vs Zurichvs
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Zurich covers 187 km² of contiguous built-up land, 3.5× the built-up area of Bern (54 km²).
| Bern | Zurich | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Bern | Zurich |
| Population (2025) | 193,474 | 689,208 |
| Built-up area | 54 km² | 187 km² |
| Density | 3,583 /km² | 3,686 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.