Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 247 times bigger than French Polynesia.
French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 24,635% larger than French Polynesia. Meanwhile, the population of French Polynesia is ~299,356 people (3.9 million more people live in Mauritania).
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