Svalbard is about 2.8 times smaller than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 35.21% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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