Country size comparison
compared to
Ethiopia is around the same size as Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 7% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (109.5 million more people live in Ethiopia).
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