Svalbard is about 15 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 6.72% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (225.1 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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