Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 2.3 times bigger than Svalbard.
Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 132% larger than Svalbard.
Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people
(12.8 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Svalbard
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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