Mauritius is about 130 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Mauritius is approximately 2,040 sq km, making Mauritius 0.77% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (655,951 more people live in Mauritius).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Mauritius uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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