Country size comparison

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Svalbard is around the same size as Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 96.06% the size of Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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