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).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Svalbard
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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