Country size comparison
compared to
Mauritania is about 13 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 1,222% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (463,439 fewer people live in Mauritania).
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South Carolina
vs.
Mauritania
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