Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 1.2 times bigger than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 18% larger than Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (53.4 million more people live in South Africa).
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