New Zealand is about 4.3 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 333% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (5.1 million more people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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