Russia is about 17 times bigger than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 1,559% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (137.9 million more people live in Russia).
This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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