Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2.2 times bigger than New York.
New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 124% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (2.6 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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