Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 1.3 times bigger than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 33% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (16.6 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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