Svalbard is about 4.3 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 23.33% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (649,345 fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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