Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 20 times bigger than Svalbard.
Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,865% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (57.5 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Svalbard
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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