Country size comparison
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Burundi is about 15 times smaller than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, making Burundi 6.89% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (24.6 million fewer people live in Burundi).
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