Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is around the same size as Western Sahara.
Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 1% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (4.4 million more people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of
Western Sahara
vs.
New Zealand
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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