Dominican Republic is about 5 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, making Dominican Republic 18.3% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (10.0 million more people live in Dominican Republic).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Dominican Republic uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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