Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 82 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 8,114% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (587,828 more people live in Mauritania).
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