France is about 9 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 789% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (68.3 million more people live in France).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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