Country size comparison

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Canada is about 10 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 869% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (34.1 million more people live in Canada).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Canada uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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