Country size comparison
compared to
California is about 7 times bigger than Svalbard.
Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km,
while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making
California 551% larger than Svalbard.
Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people
(37.3 million more people live in California).
This to-scale comparison of
Svalbard
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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