Svalbard is about 1.8 times smaller than Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 55.96% the size of Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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