Mauritania is about 2.1 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 47.95% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (31.2 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of Saudi Arabia vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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