Country size comparison
compared to
Christmas Island is about 1,970 times smaller than Western Sahara.
Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.05% the size of Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (650,066 fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of
Western Sahara
vs.
Christmas Island
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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