Country size comparison

compared to

Western Sahara is about 1.5 times bigger than Missouri.

Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 49% larger than Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.0 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).

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