Country size comparison

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Burkina Faso is about 1.4 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 72.56% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (102.3 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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