Ethiopia is about 18 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 1,680% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (113.7 million more people live in Ethiopia).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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