Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2.3 times bigger than Malawi.
Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 131% larger than Malawi. Meanwhile, the population of Malawi is ~20.8 million people (1.1 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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