Country size comparison
compared to
Svalbard is around the same size as Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km,
while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making
Svalbard 88.29% the size of Ireland.
Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people
(5.3 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of
Ireland
vs.
Svalbard
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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