Lesotho is about 2 times smaller than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 48.92% the size of Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (2.2 million more people live in Lesotho).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Lesotho uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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