Louisiana is about 2.4 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 42.42% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (3.9 million more people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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