Country size comparison
compared to
Western Sahara is about 3.2 times bigger than United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 218% larger than United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, the population of United Arab Emirates is ~9.9 million people (9.3 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
This to-scale comparison of
United Arab Emirates
vs.
Western Sahara
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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