Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2.7 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 167% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (13.9 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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