Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2.1 times bigger than Nicaragua.
Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 110% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (15.6 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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