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This is a lists of Cantons of Switzerland ranked by area. Note that half-cantons are listed separately; counting full cantons, Unterwalden ranks 17th before Glarus, Basel 19th before Appenzell, in turn ranking before Schaffhausen.

Rank	Area km²	% of total	Canton			Pop.	Dens.
1st	7105	17.2%	GR	Graubünden	Graubünden	185,700	26
2nd	5959	14.4%	BE	Berne	Berne	947,100	158
3rd	5224	12.7%	VS	Valais	Valais	278,200	53
4th	3212	7.8%	VD	Vaud	Vaud	626,200	194
5th	2812	6.8%	TI	Ticino	Ticino	311,900	110
6th	2026	4.9%	SG	St. Gallen	St. Gallen	452,600	223
7th	1729	4.2%	ZH	Zürich	Zürich	1,228,600	710
8th	1671	4%	FR	Fribourg	Fribourg	239,100	143
9th	1493	3.6%	LU	Lucerne	Lucerne	350,600	234
10th	1404	3.4%	AG	Aargau	Aargau	550,900	392
11th	1077	2.6%	UR	Uri	Uri	35,000	32
12th	991	2.4%	TG	Thurgau	Thurgau	228,200	230
13th	908	2.2%	SZ	Schwyz	Schwyz	131,400	144
14th	838	2%	JU	Jura	Jura	69,100	82
15th	803	1.9%	NE	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel	166,500	207
16th	791	1.9%	SO	Solothurn	Solothurn	245,500	310
17th	685	1.7%	GL	Glarus	Glarus	38,300	55
18th	518	1.3%	BL	Basel-Country	Basel-Country	261,400	504
19th	491	1.2%	OW	Obwalden	Obwalden	32,700	66
20th	298	0.7%	SH	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	73,400	246
21st	282	0.7%	GE	Geneva	Geneva	414,300	1469
22nd	276	0.7%	NW	Nidwalden	Nidwalden	38,600	139
23rd	243	0.6%	AR	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	53,200	218
24th	239	0.6%	ZG	Zug	Zug	100,900	422
25th	173	0.4%	AI	Appenzell Innerrhoden	Appenzell Innerrhoden	15,000	86
26th	37	0.1%	BS	Basel-City	Basel-City	186,700	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.