Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 3.5 times smaller than Tanzania.
Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 28.95% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (41.9 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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