Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 58 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 5,685% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~4.9 million people (449,767 more people live in Mauritania).
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