Belize is about 45 times smaller than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Belize is approximately 22,966 sq km, making Belize 2.23% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Belize).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Belize uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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