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Sahara Desert is about 1.3 times bigger than Amazon Rainforest.

Amazon Rainforest is approximately 6,900,000 km² (2,664,104 sq mi), while Sahara Desert is approximately 9,200,000 km² (3,552,138 sq mi), making Sahara Desert 33% larger than Amazon Rainforest.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Amazon Rainforest vs. Sahara Desert uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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