Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 9 times bigger than Benin.
Benin is approximately 112,622 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 815% larger than Benin. Meanwhile, the population of Benin is ~13.8 million people (9.6 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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