Country size comparison
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Alabama is about 8 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 12.75% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (617,811 more people live in Alabama).
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