Country size comparison
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Colorado is about 3.8 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, making Colorado 26.06% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (867,271 more people live in Colorado).
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