Country size comparison
compared to
Svalbard is about 1.5 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km,
while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making
Svalbard 49% larger than Netherlands.
Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people
(17.4 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of
Netherlands
vs.
Svalbard
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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