Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 8 times bigger than Nicaragua.
Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 691% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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Nicaragua is 42.0% more expensive than Mauritania overall
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