Nevada is around the same size as Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 7% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~612,000 people (2.7 million more people live in Nevada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. Nevada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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