Western Sahara is about 2.2 times bigger than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 125% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (20.1 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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