Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 85 times bigger than Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 8,356% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (3.9 million more people live in Mauritania).
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