Country size comparison
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Mauritania is about 1.4 times bigger than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 37% larger than Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (15.5 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
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