Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 4.5 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 22.49% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (35.6 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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