Country size comparison
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Burundi is about 2.6 times smaller than Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, making Burundi 38.79% the size of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (4.0 million more people live in Burundi).
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