Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 41 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 3,972% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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