Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 49 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 4,799% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (2.4 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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El Salvador is 88.3% more expensive than Mauritania overall
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