Svalbard is about 27 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 3.76% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (86.8 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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