Svalbard is about 4.9 times bigger than Connecticut.

Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 394% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (3.6 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Connecticut vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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