Western Sahara is around the same size as Michigan.

Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 6% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (9.2 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Michigan vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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