Western Sahara is about 2.3 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 126% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (5.6 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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