Svalbard is about 6 times smaller than Germany.

Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 17.38% the size of Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~84.3 million people (84.3 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Germany vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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