Country size comparison
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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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