Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Guam instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Life

be 76.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Guam, on the other hand, 11.5 children do as of 2022.

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Geography

see 88.7% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2022). How we calculate this

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Western Sahara is about 489 times bigger than Guam.
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Guam: At a glance

Guam is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 544 sq km. Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
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