Total & land area: Mauritania vs Mexico size comparison

Mexico is 1.91 times bigger by total area compared to Mauritania: 761,606 sq mi vs 397,955 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mexico is 750,563 sq mi vs 397,955 sq mi for Mauritania — a 1.89 times difference in territory size.

Mauritania ranks 28/197 by total surface area vs 13/197 for Mexico.
Mauritania occupies 0.69% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.31% for Mexico.
38.5% of Mauritania's area is agricultural land vs 50.7% in Mexico.
Mauritania has 0.83% of the world's agricultural land area — Mexico has 2.06%.
0.29% of Mauritania is covered by forests, compared to 33.6% in Mexico.
0.007% of the world's forests are in Mauritania, and 1.62% are in Mexico.

True size map comparison: Mauritania vs Mexico

See how Mauritania and Mexico compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Mauritania	Mexico
Total area	397,955 sq mi	761,606 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	1.91
Total area rank	28/197	13/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.2%	0.39%
Land area	397,955 sq mi	750,563 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	1.89
Land area rank	28/197	13/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.69%	1.31%
Population	5,169,395	130,861,007
Population density	13.7 ppl/mi²	177.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mauritania	Mexico
Forest area	1,145 sq mi	252,159 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.29%	33.6%
Forest area rank	149/196	11/196
World's forests share	0.007%	1.62%
Agricultural land area	153,321 sq mi	380,486 sq mi
Agricultural land share	38.5%	50.7%
Agricultural land area rank	28/194	12/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.83%	2.06%
Arable land	1,737 sq mi	77,312 sq mi
Arable land share	0.44%	10.3%
Arable land area rank	125/191	15/191
Permanent cropland	38.6 sq mi	17,074 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.01%	2.27%
Permanent cropland area rank	153/192	12/192
Water area	0 sq mi	11,043 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.45%
Water area rank	182/197	19/197
Roads length	7,614 mi	519,841 mi
Land borders length	3,108 mi	2,727 mi
Coastline length	469 mi	5,797 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.7%	22.6%

Mauritania vs Mexico size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Mauritania and Mexico but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.