Svalbard is about 5 times smaller than Finland.

Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 18.35% the size of Finland. Meanwhile, the population of Finland is ~5.6 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Finland vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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