Svalbard is about 20 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 4.9% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (24.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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