Country size comparison
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Uruguay is about 6 times smaller than Mauritania.
Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 17.1% the size of Mauritania. Meanwhile, the population of Mauritania is ~4.2 million people (754,712 fewer people live in Uruguay).
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