Svalbard is about 3.5 times bigger than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 248% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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