Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is about 2.1 times bigger than North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km,
while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making
Western Sahara 111% larger than North Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people
(8.9 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of
North Carolina
vs.
Western Sahara
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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