Country size comparison
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Central African Republic is about 2.3 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, making Central African Republic 127% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (16.5 million fewer people live in Central African Republic).
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