Country size comparison
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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).
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Moving from Russia to Mauritania · UN DESA 2020
64 people born in Russia live in Mauritania.
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