Mali is 20% larger than Mauritania.
Area: 1,240,192 km2 World Factbook
Population: 16,455,903 (July 2014) World Factbook
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is bordered by Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Wikipedia
Area: 1,030,700 km2 World Factbook
Population: 3,516,806 (July 2014) World Factbook
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. Wikipedia