Western Sahara is about 1.4 times bigger than Senegal.

Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 35% larger than Senegal. Meanwhile, the population of Senegal is ~17.9 million people (17.3 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Senegal vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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