Country size comparison
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China is about 35 times bigger than Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 3,400% larger than Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the population of Burkina Faso is ~21.9 million people (1.4 billion more people live in China).
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