Country size comparison

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Argentina is about 2.7 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Argentina is approximately 2,780,400 sq km, making Argentina 170% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (42.1 million more people live in Argentina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Argentina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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