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Dominican Republic vs Mauritania

Mauritania is 21.2 times larger than Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic would fit into Mauritania about 21 times.

Dominican RepublicMauritaniaDominican Republic moved onto Mauritania · Equal-area projection
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Dominican Republic is 0.05× the area of Mauritania. Put the other way, Mauritania is 21.2× the size of Dominican Republic.
Dominican RepublicMauritania
Area48,671 km²1,030,700 km²
Population11,520,4875,315,065
Density237 / km²5.2 / km²
CapitalSanto DomingoNouakchott
RegionCaribbeanWestern Africa
CoastlineHas a coastHas a coast
Neighbours14

Why the map you grew up with disagrees

On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Dominican Republic sits at about 19°N and is stretched to 1.12× its true area; Mauritania at 20° N is stretched to 1.14×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.

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Questions about this pair

Is Dominican Republic bigger than Mauritania?
No. Dominican Republic is 21.2 times smaller than Mauritania. Dominican Republic covers 48,671 km² and Mauritania covers 1,030,700 km².
How many times does Dominican Republic fit into Mauritania?
About 21 times: Mauritania has 21.2× the area of Dominican Republic.
Why do Dominican Republic and Mauritania look different on Google Maps?
Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Dominican Republic is drawn about 1.12× its true area there and Mauritania about 1.14×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Which has more people, Dominican Republic or Mauritania?
Dominican Republic: 11,520,487 people against 5,315,065. Density: Dominican Republic 237 per km², Mauritania 5.2 per km².
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