Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 2.7 times smaller than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 36.43% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (2.3 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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