Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2.1 times bigger than Alabama.
Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 109% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (17.2 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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