Western Sahara is about 3.5 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 28.8% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (224.4 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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