Country size comparison
compared to
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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