Country size comparison
compared to
Afghanistan is about 2.4 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, making Afghanistan 138% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (16.4 million more people live in Afghanistan).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Burkina Faso
vs.
Afghanistan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Try dragging the outline to reposition.
Compare further: Afghanistan vs. Burkina Faso
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Afghanistan on top of Burkina Faso
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 11 statistics
Be 77.1% less likely to have access to electricity in Burkina Faso
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Burkina Faso is 3.6 times more expensive than Afghanistan overall
→
