Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 25 times bigger than Jamaica.
Jamaica is approximately 10,991 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 2,395% larger than Jamaica. Meanwhile, the population of Jamaica is ~2.8 million people (19.1 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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