Liberia is 1.05× the size of Western Sahara

Liberia covers about 95,300 km² (36,800 mi²) and Western Sahara about 90,500 km² (34,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

95,300km²Liberia
90,500km²Western Sahara

200 km

Liberia
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 95% of the size of Liberia.
Liberia is larger by 4,800 km² (1,850 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Western Sahara.
Measured in Belgiums: Liberia is about 3.11, Western Sahara about 2.95.

How they differ

Liberia also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 612,000, 8.52× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 55 in Liberia against 6.8 in Western Sahara: Liberia is 8.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Western Sahara looks larger than Liberia: Liberia at 6°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Western Sahara at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Western Sahara as 1.13× the size of Liberia, when Liberia is 1.05× the size of Western Sahara.
Together Liberia and Western Sahara cover 186,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,800 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Western Sahara's density, Liberia would have 644,000 people (it has 5.2 million). At Liberia's density, Western Sahara would have 5.0 million (it has 612,000).
Western Sahara's centre is 17.8° of latitude, about 1,980 km, farther north than Liberia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Liberia	1.05×
More people	Liberia	8.52×
More crowded	Liberia	8.09×
Farther north	Western Sahara	17.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Western Sahara	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Liberia	Western Sahara
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.11×	2.95×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.39×	0.37×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.27×	0.25×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.26×	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

	Liberia	Western Sahara
Area, main territory	95,300 km²36,800 mi²	90,500 km²34,900 mi²
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2021	612,000Wikidata, 2021
Density	55 per km²	6.8 per km²
Official area	111,000 km²Wikidata	266,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Monrovia	–
Latitude range	4°N to 9°N	21°N to 28°N
Continent	Africa	Africa

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

Our measured 95,300 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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 Liberia

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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