Western Sahara is about 2.2 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 45.73% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (1.7 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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