Western Sahara size comparison
266,000 km2 / 102,676 mile2
Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, while the remaining 80% of the territory is occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco. Its surface area amounts to 266,000 square kilometres (103,000 sq mi). It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. The population is estimated at just over 500,000, of which nearly 40% live in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara.
[Expand]
Compare Western Sahara to
Western Sahara compared to Saved places
Western Sahara compared to European countries
Albania is
0.11 times
as big as Western Sahara
Austria is
0.32 times
as big as Western Sahara
Bosnia and Herzegovina is
0.19 times
as big as Western Sahara
The Balkans is
1.76 times
as big as Western Sahara
Baltic States is
0.66 times
as big as Western Sahara
Belgium is
0.11 times
as big as Western Sahara
Benelux Union is
0.29 times
as big as Western Sahara
Bulgaria is
0.42 times
as big as Western Sahara
Belarus is
0.78 times
as big as Western Sahara
Switzerland is
0.16 times
as big as Western Sahara
Crimea is
0.10 times
as big as Western Sahara
Czech Republic is
0.30 times
as big as Western Sahara
Czechoslovakia is
0.48 times
as big as Western Sahara
Germany is
1.34 times
as big as Western Sahara
Denmark is
0.16 times
as big as Western Sahara
Estonia is
0.17 times
as big as Western Sahara
England is
0.49 times
as big as Western Sahara
Spain is
1.90 times
as big as Western Sahara
Finland is
1.27 times
as big as Western Sahara
France is
2.07 times
as big as Western Sahara
United Kingdom is
0.91 times
as big as Western Sahara
Greece (mainland) is
0.42 times
as big as Western Sahara
Croatia is
0.21 times
as big as Western Sahara
Hungary is
0.35 times
as big as Western Sahara
Iberian Peninsula is
2.19 times
as big as Western Sahara
Republic of Ireland is
0.26 times
as big as Western Sahara
Iceland is
0.39 times
as big as Western Sahara
Italy is
1.13 times
as big as Western Sahara
Lithuania is
0.25 times
as big as Western Sahara
Latvia is
0.24 times
as big as Western Sahara
Moldova is
0.13 times
as big as Western Sahara
Netherlands is
0.16 times
as big as Western Sahara
Norway is
1.22 times
as big as Western Sahara
Nordic countries is
4.89 times
as big as Western Sahara
Poland is
1.18 times
as big as Western Sahara
Portugal is
0.35 times
as big as Western Sahara
Romania is
0.90 times
as big as Western Sahara
Serbia is
0.33 times
as big as Western Sahara
Scandinavian Peninsula is
2.82 times
as big as Western Sahara
Scotland is
0.29 times
as big as Western Sahara
Sweden is
1.69 times
as big as Western Sahara
Slovakia is
0.18 times
as big as Western Sahara
Ukraine is
2.27 times
as big as Western Sahara
Ural Mountains is
1.88 times
as big as Western Sahara
Yugoslavia is
0.96 times
as big as Western Sahara
Western Sahara compared to Asian countries
UAE (United Arab Emirates) is
0.31 times
as big as Western Sahara
Afghanistan is
2.45 times
as big as Western Sahara
Armenia is
0.11 times
as big as Western Sahara
Azerbaijan is
0.33 times
as big as Western Sahara
Bangladesh is
0.54 times
as big as Western Sahara
Bhutan is
0.14 times
as big as Western Sahara
Chukchi Peninsula is
0.19 times
as big as Western Sahara
Georgia is
0.26 times
as big as Western Sahara
Indonesia is
6.99 times
as big as Western Sahara
Iraq is
1.65 times
as big as Western Sahara
Iran is
6.12 times
as big as Western Sahara
Jordan is
0.34 times
as big as Western Sahara
Japan is
1.42 times
as big as Western Sahara
Kamchatka Peninsula is
1.02 times
as big as Western Sahara
Kenya is
2.18 times
as big as Western Sahara
Kyrgyzstan is
0.75 times
as big as Western Sahara
Cambodia is
0.68 times
as big as Western Sahara
Korean peninsula is
0.83 times
as big as Western Sahara
North Korea is
0.45 times
as big as Western Sahara
South Korea is
0.37 times
as big as Western Sahara
Kurdistan is
1.47 times
as big as Western Sahara
Laos is
0.89 times
as big as Western Sahara
Levant is
1.22 times
as big as Western Sahara
Sri Lanka is
0.25 times
as big as Western Sahara
Malay peninsula is
0.91 times
as big as Western Sahara
Manchuria is
2.96 times
as big as Western Sahara
Myanmar is
2.54 times
as big as Western Sahara
Mongolia is
5.88 times
as big as Western Sahara
Malaysia is
1.24 times
as big as Western Sahara
Nepal is
0.55 times
as big as Western Sahara
Oman is
1.16 times
as big as Western Sahara
Papua New Guinea is
1.74 times
as big as Western Sahara
Philippines is
1.13 times
as big as Western Sahara
Pakistan is
2.99 times
as big as Western Sahara
Saudi Arabia is
8.08 times
as big as Western Sahara
Syria is
0.70 times
as big as Western Sahara
Thailand is
1.93 times
as big as Western Sahara
Tajikistan is
0.54 times
as big as Western Sahara
Turkmenistan is
1.83 times
as big as Western Sahara
Turkey is
2.95 times
as big as Western Sahara
Taiwan is
0.13 times
as big as Western Sahara
Uzbekistan is
1.68 times
as big as Western Sahara
Vietnam is
1.25 times
as big as Western Sahara
Yemen is
1.98 times
as big as Western Sahara
Western Sahara compared to African countries
Angola is
4.69 times
as big as Western Sahara
Burkina Faso is
1.03 times
as big as Western Sahara
Burundi is
0.10 times
as big as Western Sahara
Benin is
0.42 times
as big as Western Sahara
Botswana is
2.19 times
as big as Western Sahara
DR Congo is
8.82 times
as big as Western Sahara
Central African Republic is
2.34 times
as big as Western Sahara
Congo is
1.29 times
as big as Western Sahara
Ivory Coast is
1.21 times
as big as Western Sahara
Cameroon is
1.79 times
as big as Western Sahara
Darfur (Sudan) is
1.85 times
as big as Western Sahara
Algeria is
8.95 times
as big as Western Sahara
Egypt is
3.77 times
as big as Western Sahara
Eritrea is
0.44 times
as big as Western Sahara
Ethiopia is
4.15 times
as big as Western Sahara
Gabon is
1.01 times
as big as Western Sahara
Ghana is
0.90 times
as big as Western Sahara
Guinea is
0.92 times
as big as Western Sahara
Equatorial Guinea is
0.11 times
as big as Western Sahara
Guinea-Bissau is
0.14 times
as big as Western Sahara
Horn of Africa is
7.08 times
as big as Western Sahara
Kalahari Desert is
3.38 times
as big as Western Sahara
Liberia is
0.42 times
as big as Western Sahara
Lesotho is
0.11 times
as big as Western Sahara
Libya is
6.61 times
as big as Western Sahara
Morocco is
1.68 times
as big as Western Sahara
Madagascar is
2.21 times
as big as Western Sahara
Mali is
4.66 times
as big as Western Sahara
Mauritania is
3.86 times
as big as Western Sahara
Malawi is
0.45 times
as big as Western Sahara
Mozambique is
3.01 times
as big as Western Sahara
Namibia is
3.10 times
as big as Western Sahara
Niger is
4.76 times
as big as Western Sahara
Nigeria is
3.47 times
as big as Western Sahara
Sudan is
7.09 times
as big as Western Sahara
Sierra Leone is
0.27 times
as big as Western Sahara
Senegal is
0.74 times
as big as Western Sahara
Somalia is
2.40 times
as big as Western Sahara
Somaliland is
0.66 times
as big as Western Sahara
South Sudan is
2.33 times
as big as Western Sahara
Chad is
4.83 times
as big as Western Sahara
Togo is
0.21 times
as big as Western Sahara
Tunisia is
0.62 times
as big as Western Sahara
Tanzania is
3.55 times
as big as Western Sahara
Uganda is
0.91 times
as big as Western Sahara
South Africa is
4.59 times
as big as Western Sahara
Zambia is
2.83 times
as big as Western Sahara
Zimbabwe is
1.47 times
as big as Western Sahara
Western Sahara compared to US States
California (US) is
1.59 times
as big as Western Sahara
Texas (US) is
2.62 times
as big as Western Sahara
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is
0.16 times
as big as Western Sahara
Alaska (US) is
6.46 times
as big as Western Sahara
Alabama (US) is
0.51 times
as big as Western Sahara
Arkansas (US) is
0.52 times
as big as Western Sahara
Arizona (US) is
1.11 times
as big as Western Sahara
Colorado (US) is
1.01 times
as big as Western Sahara
Florida (US) is
0.64 times
as big as Western Sahara
Georgia (US) is
0.58 times
as big as Western Sahara
Hawaii (US) is
0.11 times
as big as Western Sahara
Iowa (US) is
0.55 times
as big as Western Sahara
Idaho (US) is
0.81 times
as big as Western Sahara
Illinois (US) is
0.56 times
as big as Western Sahara
Indiana (US) is
0.35 times
as big as Western Sahara
Kansas (US) is
0.80 times
as big as Western Sahara
Kentucky (US) is
0.39 times
as big as Western Sahara
Louisiana (US) is
0.51 times
as big as Western Sahara
Massachusetts (US) is
0.10 times
as big as Western Sahara
Maryland (US) is
0.12 times
as big as Western Sahara
Maine (US) is
0.34 times
as big as Western Sahara
Michigan (US) is
0.57 times
as big as Western Sahara
Minnesota (US) is
0.85 times
as big as Western Sahara
Missouri (US) is
0.68 times
as big as Western Sahara
Mississippi (US) is
0.47 times
as big as Western Sahara
Montana (US) is
1.43 times
as big as Western Sahara
North Carolina (US) is
0.52 times
as big as Western Sahara
North Dakota (US) is
0.69 times
as big as Western Sahara
Nebraska (US) is
0.75 times
as big as Western Sahara
New Mexico (US) is
1.18 times
as big as Western Sahara
Nevada (US) is
1.08 times
as big as Western Sahara
New York State (US) is
0.53 times
as big as Western Sahara
Ohio (US) is
0.44 times
as big as Western Sahara
Oklahoma (US) is
0.68 times
as big as Western Sahara
Oregon (US) is
0.96 times
as big as Western Sahara
Pennsylvania (US) is
0.45 times
as big as Western Sahara
South Carolina (US) is
0.31 times
as big as Western Sahara
South Dakota (US) is
0.75 times
as big as Western Sahara
Tennessee (US) is
0.41 times
as big as Western Sahara
Utah (US) is
0.83 times
as big as Western Sahara
Virginia (US) is
0.42 times
as big as Western Sahara
Washington (US) is
0.69 times
as big as Western Sahara
Wisconsin (US) is
0.64 times
as big as Western Sahara
West Virginia (US) is
0.24 times
as big as Western Sahara
Wyoming (US) is
0.96 times
as big as Western Sahara
Western Sahara compared to countries in the Americas
Bolivia is
4.13 times
as big as Western Sahara
Central America is
1.91 times
as big as Western Sahara
Chile is
2.84 times
as big as Western Sahara
Colombia is
4.29 times
as big as Western Sahara
Corn Belt (US) is
9.40 times
as big as Western Sahara
Costa Rica is
0.19 times
as big as Western Sahara
Cuba is
0.41 times
as big as Western Sahara
Dominican Republic is
0.18 times
as big as Western Sahara
Ecuador is
0.96 times
as big as Western Sahara
Guatemala is
0.41 times
as big as Western Sahara
French Guiana is
0.31 times
as big as Western Sahara
Guyana is
0.81 times
as big as Western Sahara
Honduras is
0.42 times
as big as Western Sahara
Haiti is
0.10 times
as big as Western Sahara
Republic of Lakotah is
0.75 times
as big as Western Sahara
The Midwest (US) is
7.99 times
as big as Western Sahara
Mojave Desert is
0.47 times
as big as Western Sahara
Mexico is
7.38 times
as big as Western Sahara
New England is
0.70 times
as big as Western Sahara
Nicaragua is
0.49 times
as big as Western Sahara
Panama is
0.28 times
as big as Western Sahara
The Pampas (South America) is
2.82 times
as big as Western Sahara
Peru is
4.83 times
as big as Western Sahara
Paraguay is
1.53 times
as big as Western Sahara
Suriname is
0.62 times
as big as Western Sahara
Uruguay is
0.66 times
as big as Western Sahara
Venezuela is
3.43 times
as big as Western Sahara
Yucatan Peninsula is
0.68 times
as big as Western Sahara