Country size comparison
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Kentucky is about 10 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 9.98% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (177,442 more people live in Kentucky).
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