Country size comparison

compared to

Svalbard is about 7 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 15.36% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~39.4 million people (39.4 million fewer people live in Svalbard).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.