Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2 times bigger than Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 103% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (19.0 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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