Western Sahara is about 9 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 11.34% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~108.4 million people (107.8 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Democratic Republic of the Congo vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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