Country size comparison
compared to
Mauritania is around the same size as Egypt.
Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km,
while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making
Mauritania 3% larger than Egypt.
Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people
(103.6 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of
Egypt
vs.
Mauritania
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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