Western Sahara is around the same size as New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 98.94% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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