Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2.1 times smaller than Kenya.
Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 47.25% the size of Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (33.9 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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