Country size comparison
compared to
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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