Svalbard is about 10 times smaller than Central African Republic.

Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 9.96% the size of Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Central African Republic vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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