Country size comparison
compared to
Philippines is around the same size as Western Sahara.
Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 13% larger than Western Sahara. Meanwhile, the population of Western Sahara is ~652,271 people (113.9 million more people live in Philippines).
This to-scale comparison of
Western Sahara
vs.
Philippines
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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