Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 24 times bigger than Gambia.
Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 2,327% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.8 million people (21.3 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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