Svalbard is about 1.8 times smaller than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 54.99% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (4.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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