Svalbard is about 16 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 6.2% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (107.8 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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