Country size comparison

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Western Sahara is about 4.3 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 329% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (649,345 more people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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