Italy is around the same size as Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 13% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (60.4 million more people live in Italy).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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