Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 7 times smaller than Sudan.
Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 14.73% the size of Sudan. Meanwhile, the population of Sudan is ~48.0 million people (26.0 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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