Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 94 times bigger than Jamaica.
Jamaica is approximately 10,991 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 9,278% larger than Jamaica. Meanwhile, the population of Jamaica is ~2.8 million people (1.3 million more people live in Mauritania).
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