Country size comparison

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Svalbard is about 3 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 33.1% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (21.6 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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