Svalbard is about 1.8 times smaller than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 55.09% the size of Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (13.8 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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