Country size comparison
compared to
Niger is about 4.8 times bigger than Western Sahara.
Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 376% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (23.8 million more people live in Niger).
This to-scale comparison of
Western Sahara
vs.
Niger
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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