Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 1.9 times bigger than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 89% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (18.9 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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