Country size comparison
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Cameroon is about 1.7 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Cameroon is approximately 475,440 sq km, making Cameroon 73% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (7.4 million more people live in Cameroon).
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Burkina Faso is 64.5% more expensive than Cameroon overall
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