Svalbard is about 35 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 2.89% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (35.4 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Saudi Arabia vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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