Country size comparison

compared to

Michigan is around the same size as Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 94.17% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (9.2 million more people live in Michigan).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.