Country size comparison
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Mexico is about 1.9 times bigger than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 91% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~5.3 million people (126.6 million more people live in Mexico).
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