Burkina Faso is about 62 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 1.6% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (120.1 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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