Christmas Island is about 1,970 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.05% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (650,066 fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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