Country size comparison
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Botswana is about 2.1 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 112% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (19.6 million fewer people live in Botswana).
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