Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is about 36 times smaller than China.
China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km,
while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making
Western Sahara 2.77% the size of China.
Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people
(1.4 billion fewer people live in Western Sahara).
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This to-scale map shows a size comparison of China compared to Western Sahara. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Western Sahara vs. China using our country comparison tool.