Connecticut is about 21 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 4.72% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~612,000 people (3.1 million more people live in Connecticut).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Connecticut uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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