Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 1.2 times bigger than Laos.
Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 16% larger than Laos. Meanwhile, the population of Laos is ~7.7 million people (14.2 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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