Country size comparison
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United Kingdom is about 4.2 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 23.64% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (63.6 million more people live in United Kingdom).
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