New York is about 2 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 97% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (19.4 million more people live in New York).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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