Svalbard is about 2.4 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 136% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (13.2 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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