Country size comparison
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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).
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