Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 1.8 times bigger than Kenya.
Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 78% larger than Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (51.7 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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