Libya is about 7 times bigger than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 561% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (6.5 million more people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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