Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 1.2 times smaller than Malaysia.
Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 83.13% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (11.9 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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