Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 4.6 times bigger than Western Sahara.
Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 358% larger than Western Sahara.
Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people
(56.9 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Western Sahara
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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