Country size comparison

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Burkina Faso is around the same size as New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 2% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (16.9 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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1 people moved from Burkina Faso to New Zealand.
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