Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 1.2 times smaller than Niger.
Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 81.35% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (20.3 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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