Mauritania is about 1.2 times bigger than Namibia.

Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 25% larger than Namibia. Meanwhile, the population of Namibia is ~2.7 million people (1.4 million more people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of Namibia vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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