Country size comparison

compared to

South Carolina is about 13 times smaller than Mauritania.

Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 7.57% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (463,439 more people live in South Carolina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mauritania vs. South Carolina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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