Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 10 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 905% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (3.8 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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