Country size comparison

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Mali is about 1.2 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 20% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (16.6 million more people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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