Niger is about 1.2 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 23% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (20.3 million more people live in Niger).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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