Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 15 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 1,439% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (18.9 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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