Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 6 times smaller than Iran.
Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 16.64% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~92.4 million people (68.3 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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