Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is about 3.8 times bigger than Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km,
while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making
Western Sahara 279% larger than Ireland.
Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people
(4.6 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of
Ireland
vs.
Western Sahara
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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