Country size comparison

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Svalbard is about 2.8 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 183% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (8.9 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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