Country size comparison
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Arizona is about 3.5 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, making Arizona 28.55% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (2.2 million more people live in Arizona).
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