Country size comparison
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Canada is about 36 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 3,541% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (16.3 million more people live in Canada).
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