Mauritania is about 1.7 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 58.58% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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