Country size comparison

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Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 20 times smaller than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is approximately 51,197 sq km, making Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.97% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (345,466 fewer people live in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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