Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 1.3 times bigger than Turkey.
Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 32% larger than Turkey. Meanwhile, the population of Turkey is ~83.0 million people (78.9 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Turkey is 92.8% more expensive than Mauritania overall
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Moving from Mauritania to Turkey · OECD 2023
135 people moved from Mauritania to Turkey.
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