Country size comparison

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Burkina Faso is about 3.6 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 27.38% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (85.8 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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