Western Sahara is about 4.8 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 20.99% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (23.8 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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