Country size comparison

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Mauritania is about 1.2 times smaller than Angola.

Angola is approximately 1,246,700 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 82.67% the size of Angola. Meanwhile, the population of Angola is ~34.8 million people (30.6 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Angola vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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