Svalbard is about 7 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 14.16% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (40.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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