Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 3.4 times smaller than Nigeria.
Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 29.68% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (203.1 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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