Sri Lanka is around the same size as Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, making Sri Lanka 6% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (23.2 million more people live in Sri Lanka).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Sri Lanka uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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