Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 256 times bigger than Cabo Verde.
Cabo Verde is approximately 4,033 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 25,457% larger than Cabo Verde. Meanwhile, the population of Cabo Verde is ~596,707 people (3.6 million more people live in Mauritania).
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