Country size comparison
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California is about 1.5 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 47% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (15.3 million more people live in California).
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