Country size comparison

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Mauritania is about 3 times bigger than Republic of the Congo.

Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 201% larger than Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Republic of the Congo vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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