Western Sahara is about 2.3 times smaller than Central African Republic.

Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 42.7% the size of Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Central African Republic vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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