Western Sahara is around the same size as Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 12% larger than Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (17.9 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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