Western Sahara is about 2.2 times bigger than North Korea.

North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 121% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (25.3 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of North Korea vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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