Country size comparison
compared to
Mauritania is about 1.6 times bigger than Central African Republic.
Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 65% larger than Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (1.3 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of
Central African Republic
vs.
Mauritania
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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