Svalbard is about 28 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 3.53% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (7.1 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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