Western Sahara is about 1.2 times smaller than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 82.15% the size of Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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