Western Sahara is about 2.4 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 136% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (3.9 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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