Country size comparison

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Svalbard is about 2 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 103% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (11.8 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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