Country size comparison
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Nicaragua is about 8 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 12.65% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (2.1 million more people live in Nicaragua).
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