Country size comparison
compared to
Svalbard is about 1.5 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km,
while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making
Svalbard 50% larger than Switzerland.
Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people
(8.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of
Switzerland
vs.
Svalbard
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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