Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 8 times bigger than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 684% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (617,811 fewer people live in Mauritania).
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