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Burkina Faso is about 1.6 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 59% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (15.2 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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