Western Sahara is about 1.3 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 77.78% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Republic of the Congo vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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