Namibia is about 1.2 times smaller than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 79.97% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Namibia).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Namibia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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