Hungary is 1.03× the size of Western Sahara

Hungary covers about 93,200 km² (36,000 mi²) and Western Sahara about 90,500 km² (34,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

93,200km²Hungary
90,500km²Western Sahara

200 km

Hungary
Western Sahara

The boundary or political status of Western Sahara is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Western Sahara is 97% of the size of Hungary.
Hungary is larger by 2,710 km² (1,040 mi²), which is 3.0% of the area of Western Sahara.
Measured in Belgiums: Hungary is about 3.04, Western Sahara about 2.95.

How they differ

Hungary also has the larger population: 9.6 million against 612,000, 15.7× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 103 in Hungary against 6.8 in Western Sahara: Hungary is 15.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,790 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hungary at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Western Sahara at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Hungary as 1.85× the size of Western Sahara instead of 1.03×.
Together Hungary and Western Sahara cover 184,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,710 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Western Sahara's density, Hungary would have 630,000 people (it has 9.6 million). At Hungary's density, Western Sahara would have 9.3 million (it has 612,000).
Hungary's centre is 23.0° of latitude, about 2,550 km, farther north than Western Sahara's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Hungary	1.03×
More people	Hungary	15.7×
More crowded	Hungary	15.2×
Farther north	Hungary	23.0° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Hungary	2.2× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Hungary	Western Sahara
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.04×	2.95×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.38×	0.37×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.26×	0.25×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.25×	0.24×
France 548,000 km²	0.17×	0.17×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.03×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Hungary	Western Sahara
Area, main territory	93,200 km²36,000 mi²	90,500 km²34,900 mi²
Population	9.6 millionWikidata, 2022	612,000Wikidata, 2021
Density	103 per km²	6.8 per km²
Official area	93,000 km²Wikidata	266,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Budapest	–
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	21°N to 28°N
Continent	Europe	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 93,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 93,200 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 90,500 km² is 66% below Wikidata's official figure of 266,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

Similar in size to Hungary

Similar in size to Western Sahara

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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