Country size comparison

compared to

Western Sahara is about 11 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 951% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.