Libya is about 28 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 2,736% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (7.1 million more people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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