Aruba is about 1,478 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, making Aruba 0.07% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~612,000 people (503,215 fewer people live in Aruba).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Aruba uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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