Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 1.9 times bigger than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 95% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (26.8 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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