Country size comparison

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Mauritania is about 39 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 3,813% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (9.0 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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