Western Sahara is about 12 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 1,113% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (8.3 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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