Country size comparison
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Australia is about 28 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 2,723% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (4.2 million more people live in Australia).
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