Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 44 times bigger than Djibouti.
Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 4,343% larger than Djibouti. Meanwhile, the population of Djibouti is ~957,273 people (3.2 million more people live in Mauritania).
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