Iran is about 6 times bigger than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 520% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (86.1 million more people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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