Western Sahara is about 2.6 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 159% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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