Burkina Faso is around the same size as Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 96.4% the size of Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (19.2 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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