Country size comparison

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Mauritania is about 7 times bigger than Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 594% larger than Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people (161.5 million fewer people live in Mauritania).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bangladesh vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.