Country size comparison

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Mauritania is about 6 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 529% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (3.5 million more people live in Mauritania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Mauritania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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