Faroe Islands is about 45 times smaller than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Faroe Islands is approximately 1,393 sq km, making Faroe Islands 2.25% the size of Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (49,343 more people live in Faroe Islands).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Faroe Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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