Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 5 times bigger than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 400% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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