Western Sahara is around the same size as United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 9% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (67.1 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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