Western Sahara is about 13 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 1,164% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (5.9 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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