Jordan is about 12 times smaller than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Jordan is approximately 89,342 sq km, making Jordan 8.67% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (6.8 million more people live in Jordan).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Jordan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

Share this