Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is about 6 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km,
while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making
Western Sahara 540% larger than Netherlands.
Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people
(16.7 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of
Netherlands
vs.
Western Sahara
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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