Country size comparison
compared to
West Virginia is around the same size as Svalbard.
Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, making West Virginia 1% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (1.9 million more people live in West Virginia).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Svalbard
vs.
West Virginia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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