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 ~13.2 million people (8.8 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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