Svalbard is about 7 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 13.78% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (10.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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