Country size comparison

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Svalbard is about 6 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, making Svalbard 18.14% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in Svalbard).
This to-scale comparison of Republic of the Congo vs. Svalbard uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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