Country size comparison
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Peru is about 1.2 times bigger than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 25% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (28.1 million more people live in Peru).
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