Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 3.9 times bigger than Gabon.
Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 285% larger than Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (1.8 million more people live in Mauritania).
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