United Arab Emirates is about 3.2 times smaller than Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 31.43% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (9.3 million more people live in United Arab Emirates).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. United Arab Emirates uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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