Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 1.9 times smaller than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 51.93% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~41.8 million people (17.7 million fewer people live in Burkina Faso).
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