Svalbard is about 1.2 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 21% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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