Western Sahara is about 2.4 times bigger than Benin.

Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 136% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (13.1 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Benin vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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