Mauritania is 8.67× the size of Louisiana
Mauritania (Africa) covers about 1,036,000 km² (400,000 mi²) and Louisiana (state of the United States) about 120,000 km² (46,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,036,000km²Mauritania
- 120,000km²Louisiana
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- Mauritania
- Louisiana
What fits
- Louisiana fits inside Mauritania about 8.67 times by area.
- Mauritania is larger by 917,000 km² (354,000 mi²), which is 767% of the area of Louisiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Mauritania is about 33.8, Louisiana about 3.90.
How they differ
- Mauritania also has the larger population: 4.7 million against 4.7 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 39 in Louisiana against 4.6 in Mauritania: Louisiana is 8.53× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mauritania at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Louisiana at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Mauritania as 7.22× the size of Louisiana instead of 8.67×.
- Together Mauritania and Louisiana cover 1,156,000 km², close to the size of Colombia (1,135,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 917,000 km², is about the size of Venezuela (913,000 km²).
- At Louisiana's density, Mauritania would have 40.4 million people (it has 4.7 million). At Mauritania's density, Louisiana would have 546,000 (it has 4.7 million).
- Louisiana's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,210 km, farther north than Mauritania's.
- Mauritania ranks 30th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Louisiana lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,210 km) north of Mauritania.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Mauritania would have about 218,830 m² and each person in Louisiana about 25,670 m².
- Laid side by side, Mauritania and Louisiana would cover 1,156,000 km², about the same size as Colombia.
- Together they have 9.4 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.
- Counted as a country, Louisiana would rank 101st by area and 128th by population.
Side by side
| Mauritania | Louisiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 1,036,000 km²400,000 mi² | 120,000 km²46,200 mi² |
| Official area | 1,031,000 km²Wikidata | 135,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 29th of 239worldwide | 32nd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 4.7 millionWikidata, 2022 | 4.7 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 126th of 237worldwide | 25th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 4.6 per km² | 39 per km² |
| Capital | Nouakchott | Baton Rouge |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 27°N | 29°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,031,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,036,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12