Country size comparison
compared to
Mauritania is about 1.4 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 69.58% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (3.5 million more people live in Mauritania).
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Alaska
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Mauritania
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