Total & land area: Mauritania vs Slovakia size comparison

Mauritania is 21 times bigger by total area compared to Slovakia: 397,955 sq mi vs 18,932 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Mauritania is 397,955 sq mi vs 18,564 sq mi for Slovakia — a 21.4 times difference in territory size.

Mauritania ranks 28/197 by total surface area vs 127/197 for Slovakia.
Mauritania occupies 0.69% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Slovakia.
38.5% of Mauritania's area is agricultural land vs 38% in Slovakia.
Mauritania has 0.83% of the world's agricultural land area — Slovakia has 0.04%.
0.29% of Mauritania is covered by forests, compared to 40.1% in Slovakia.
0.007% of the world's forests are in Mauritania, and 0.05% are in Slovakia.

True size map comparison: Mauritania vs Slovakia

See how Mauritania and Slovakia 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	Slovakia
Total area	397,955 sq mi	18,932 sq mi
Size difference ratio	21	1
Total area rank	28/197	127/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.2%	0.01%
Land area	397,955 sq mi	18,564 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	21.4	1
Land area rank	28/197	128/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.69%	0.03%
Population	5,169,395	5,422,069
Population density	13.7 ppl/mi²	288.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Mauritania	Slovakia
Forest area	1,145 sq mi	7,436 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.29%	40.1%
Forest area rank	149/196	113/196
World's forests share	0.007%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	153,321 sq mi	7,046 sq mi
Agricultural land share	38.5%	38%
Agricultural land area rank	28/194	121/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.83%	0.04%
Arable land	1,737 sq mi	5,046 sq mi
Arable land share	0.44%	27.2%
Arable land area rank	125/191	98/191
Permanent cropland	38.6 sq mi	65.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.01%	0.35%
Permanent cropland area rank	153/192	149/192
Water area	0 sq mi	368 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	1.95%
Water area rank	182/197	107/197
Roads length	7,614 mi	24,224 mi
Land borders length	3,108 mi	986 mi
Coastline length	469 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.7%	n/a

Mauritania vs Slovakia size on the map

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

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