Western Sahara is about 15 times bigger than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 1,393% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (2.4 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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