Svalbard is about 4.3 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 23.08% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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