Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is about 276 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe.
Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 27,493% larger than Sao Tome and Principe. Meanwhile, the population of Sao Tome and Principe is ~217,164 people (435,107 more people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of
Sao Tome and Principe
vs.
Western Sahara
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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