Western Sahara is about 7 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 13.54% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (128.5 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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