Western Sahara is around the same size as Ghana.

Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 12% larger than Ghana. Meanwhile, the population of Ghana is ~33.1 million people (32.5 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Ghana vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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