Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 9 times bigger than Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 776% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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