Western Sahara is about 24 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 2,254% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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