Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 1.8 times smaller than Sudan.
Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 55.37% the size of Sudan. Meanwhile, the population of Sudan is ~48.0 million people (43.8 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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