North Korea is about 1.9 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 94% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (26.0 million more people live in North Korea).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. North Korea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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