Svalbard is about 3.3 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 30.09% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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