Country size comparison

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Chad is about 1.2 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, making Chad 25% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (13.8 million more people live in Chad).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Chad uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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