Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 8 times bigger than Taiwan.
Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 662% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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