Country size comparison

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Burkina Faso is about 36 times smaller than United States.

United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 2.79% the size of United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (315.4 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of United States vs. Burkina Faso uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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