Country size comparison

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Western Sahara is about 1,970 times bigger than Christmas Island.

Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 196,937% larger than Christmas Island. Meanwhile, the population of Christmas Island is ~2,205 people (650,066 more people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Christmas Island vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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