Country size comparison

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Burkina Faso is about 10 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 941% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~14.6 million people (9.5 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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