Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 1.6 times bigger than Uruguay.
Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 56% larger than Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (18.5 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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