Western Sahara is around the same size as Gabon.

Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 99.38% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (1.7 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Gabon vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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