Country size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 1.4 times bigger than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 44% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (3.5 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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