Country size comparison

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Mauritania is about 11 times bigger than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 1,019% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (6.1 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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