Western Sahara is about 1.3 times bigger than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 29% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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