Country size comparison
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Philippines is about 3.4 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 29.11% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (110.4 million more people live in Philippines).
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