Country size comparison
compared to
Mauritania is about 54 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 5,265% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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Mauritania
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