Svalbard is about 38 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 2.65% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~108.4 million people (108.4 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Democratic Republic of the Congo vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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