Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 13 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 1,203% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (15.4 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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