Bolivia is 1.05× the size of Mauritania

Bolivia covers about 1,087,000 km² (420,000 mi²) and Mauritania about 1,036,000 km² (400,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,087,000km²Bolivia
1,036,000km²Mauritania

500 km

Bolivia
Mauritania

What fits

Mauritania is 95% of the size of Bolivia.
Bolivia is larger by 50,400 km² (19,500 mi²), which is 4.9% of the area of Mauritania.
Measured in Belgiums: Bolivia is about 35.4, Mauritania about 33.8.

How they differ

Bolivia also has the larger population: 12.2 million against 4.7 million, 2.59× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 11 in Bolivia against 4.6 in Mauritania: Bolivia is 2.47× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,210 km apart.
Together Bolivia and Mauritania cover 2,123,000 km², close to the size of Greenland (2,154,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 50,400 km², is about the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km²).
At Mauritania's density, Bolivia would have 5.0 million people (it has 12.2 million). At Bolivia's density, Mauritania would have 11.7 million (it has 4.7 million).
Mauritania's centre is 36.9° of latitude, about 4,100 km, farther north than Bolivia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bolivia	1.05×
More people	Bolivia	2.59×
More crowded	Bolivia	2.47×
Farther north	Mauritania	36.9° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bolivia	Mauritania
Belgium 30,700 km²	35.4×	33.8×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	4.46×	4.25×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.04×	2.90×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.91×	2.77×
France 548,000 km²	1.98×	1.89×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.34×	0.33×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.12×	0.11×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Bolivia	Mauritania
Area, main territory	1,087,000 km²420,000 mi²	1,036,000 km²400,000 mi²
Population	12.2 millionWikidata, 2023	4.7 millionWikidata, 2022
Density	11 per km²	4.6 per km²
Official area	1,099,000 km²Wikidata	1,031,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	La Paz; Sucre	Nouakchott
Latitude range	23°S to 10°S	15°N to 27°N
Continent	South America	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 1,099,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,087,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,031,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,036,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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