Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 1.6 times smaller than Iran.
Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 62.54% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (82.6 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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