Western Sahara is about 2.9 times bigger than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 189% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (9.6 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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