Western Sahara is about 2.2 times bigger than Mississippi.

Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 119% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Mississippi vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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