Country size comparison
compared to
Mauritania is around the same size as Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Mauritania is approximately 1,030,700 sq km, making Mauritania 12% larger than Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (220.9 million fewer people live in Mauritania).
This to-scale comparison of
Nigeria
vs.
Mauritania
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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