Svalbard is about 1.7 times smaller than Ohio.

Ohio is approximately 106,056 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 58.5% the size of Ohio. Meanwhile, the population of Ohio is ~11.5 million people (11.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Ohio vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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