Western Sahara is around the same size as Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 93.51% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~3.3 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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