Madagascar is about 9 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 846% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (28.2 million more people live in Madagascar).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Madagascar uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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