Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is about 1.5 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 54% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (6.1 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
Western Sahara
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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