Mauritania is about 1.7 times bigger than Ukraine.

Ukraine is approximately 603,550 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 71% larger than Ukraine. Meanwhile, the population of Ukraine is ~43.5 million people (39.4 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of Ukraine vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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