Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 1.6 times smaller than Iraq.
Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 62.56% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (18.5 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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