Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is around the same size as Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 91.58% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (67.1 million more people live in United Kingdom).
This to-scale comparison of Western Sahara vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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